Yellowstone's volcanic activity is waking up after 160,000 years. Learn how scientists are monitoring and preparing for ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor ...

The enormous 3,600ft-tall volcano - named the Axial Seamount - sits around 5,000ft below the surface of the Pacific Ocean and looks set to erupt before the end of 2025, according to US-based scientist ...

That movement has now left one pool of molten material on the west of the caldera disconnected from any heat sources, which will likely allow it to cool. Meanwhile, the largest pool of near-surface ...

The Yellowstone caldera has been eroded, filled in with lava flows and ash from smaller eruptions (the most recent was 70,000 years ago) and smoothed by glaciers. Peaceful forests cover any ...

The states closest to Yellowstone, like Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, could be affected by destructive pyroclastic flows, which ...

What might happen if Yellowstone were to erupt is difficult ... would likely produce lava flows or domes, which, although dramatic, would be less destructive and pose little threat to people.

Yellowstone National Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why—the dynamic landscape ...

The colossal Axial Seamount, situated approximately 300 miles off the coast of Oregon in the US, is over a mile long, stands ...

Yellowstone caldera is one of the largest volcanic systems in the world. Past volcanic activity at the caldera has ranged from the output of lava flows to the explosion of large volumes of ash.

An underwater volcano that can be found around 300-miles off the coast of Oregon in the US could erupt by the end of 2025. Axial Seamount is the most active submarine volcano in the northeast Pacific.

The colossal Axial Seamount, one of the most active and best-monitored underwater volcanoes in the world, could erupt in a ...