The Yellowstone supervolcano, located beneath Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, is one of the most powerful volcanic ...

Though the volcano’s magma chambers could hold enough material for a caldera-forming event, none of them are likely to erupt ...

The Yellowstone Caldera ... has shown that the super-volcano has experienced three major caldera-forming eruptions in the past 2.1 million years—with the most recent lava flow being ...

Magmatic activity ... northeastern Yellowstone. This is equivalent to the volume of magma released roughly 1.3 million years ago during the Mesa Falls eruption—the second most recent caldera ...

Yellowstone National Park, known for erupting geysers like Old Faithful, is home to one of earth’s largest volcanic systems, with the capacity to wreak havoc on an entire continent — and components of ...

One is basaltic magma, which triggers most volcanic activity on Earth. It erupts more easily because it has a lower resistance to flow, but underneath Yellowstone, it’s dense and buried deep in ...

Yellowstone ... volcanic systems in the world. Past volcanic activity at the caldera has ranged from the output of lava flows ...

The giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park is cooling off in the west but staying hot in the northeast.

An expert from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has revealed some of the most likely impacts of an eruption in the famed ...

Yellowstone’s supervolcano is showing signs of awakening after 160,000 years. Find out how scientists are tracking magma movement and what this means for the future.

The greatest supervolcano on Earth, a geological giant with enormous destructive potential and an unmatched promise for ...