A Yellowstone supereruption would be devastating, but scientists say it is not the volcano’s most likely threat. Here is what ...

Officials reported a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, forming new vents and a boiling pool with no ...

For decades, Yellowstone has been held up as one of the clearest examples of a volcanic system fed by an immense column of ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for what powers Yellowstone and other supervolcanoes. Instead of a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, a broad “mantle wind” may push hot rock beneath ...

If the supervolcano under Yellowstone National Park erupted tomorrow, life as we know it would come to an abrupt, yet perhaps agonizingly slow, end. Ash from a mega-eruption at Yellowstone would ...

A lot of research goes into determining how to best predict the next eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Part of this involves pinning down how the magma migration system functions and evolves ...

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Yellowstone National Park is a wild destination where visitors can witness all kinds of excitement, from spewing geysers to thieving wildlife running off with park signage. While guests come to ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Behnaz Hosseini, postdoctoral ...

What is a super eruption and how did they create the geology of Yellowstone? Where is the world's largest, most explosive, and most unusual volcano? It's Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone ...