Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a ...

While maps already show Yellowstone deposits across the US from previous big eruptions 640,000, 1.3million, and 2.1million years ago, they don't provide information on the original ash thickness ...

Yellowstone is most famous for huge explosive eruptions that create large calderas. Outside Yellowstone Caldera, however, ...

Yellowstone Caldera, the volcanic complex underneath Yellowstone National Park, is held at bay from eruption by a cap 3.8 ...

The most recent eruption of the Yellowstone caldera occurred approximately 640,000 ... This allows scientists to map the locations of magma reservoirs with incredible precision.

Beneath the steaming geysers and bubbling mud pots of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the world's most closely watched volcanic systems. Now a team of geoscientists has uncovered new evidence ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

A map of the volcanic ashfall resulting from two Yellowstone supereruptions (~2 million years ago and ~630,000 years ago), ...

Researchers have identified a stable, gas-venting magma cap beneath Yellowstone, reducing eruption risk and advancing ...

It's one of the world's largest active volcanoes in the world – officially described as a 'supervolcano ... an eruption to be imminent. One of the most famous volcanos on Earth, Yellowstone ...

The most recent supervolcanic eruption on Earth occurred approximately ... today is located in the United States: the Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming. Although it lies beneath the serene and ...

The Yellowstone supervolcano is a vast reservoir of magma with the potential to unleash a category eight eruption over 100 times more powerful than Krakatoa. Thankfully, Yellowstone has never ...