Yellowstone National Park sits atop the world's most famous supervolcano. If it erupted, ash and molten rock would spew across much of the continental United States, devastating the country and ...

Officials at Yellowstone National Park are shutting down rumors circulating on social media about wildlife leaving the park due to potential volcanic eruptions. Claims about animals leaving ...

Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a massive eruption in one of the largest active volcanic systems in the ...

Although exciting to some, eruptions can have detrimental impacts. Mount Etna recently caused concerns with ash falling from the sky in Piano Vetore. Thankfully, the situation is being monitored, and ...

A detailed geophysical study published in Nature in by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has refined our understanding of the Yellowstone supervolcano, uncovering new insights into its subsurface ...

On an August day in 2024, a Yellowstone National Park ranger driving south between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Geyser Basin noticed a plume of steam. Was it really steam, the ranger wondered, or ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cole Messa and Ken Sims, from the ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the familiar cone-shaped peaks lies a more silent, hidden ...

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AI may have just found evidence of over 80,000 earthquakes that occurred underneath Yellowstone National park. The quakes, which are detailed in a new study, suggest that the supervolcano beneath the ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Liv Wheeler, M.S. student, and Stacy ...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera, which is located in eastern Idaho and west of Yellowstone National Park, occurred ...