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 ...

This allows scientists to map the locations of magma reservoirs ... Interestingly, the western portion of the Yellowstone caldera is beginning to lose its heat connection, meaning it is cooling ...

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

Yellowstone’s upper magma chamber is just 2.3 miles deep, closer than previously thought, raising new questions about eruption risks. Scientists used advanced seismic imaging to map the magma system, ...

Their new map shows large, deep reservoirs of basaltic ... Though basaltic eruptions are more common worldwide, the Yellowstone Caldera was formed by a rhyolitic eruption that launched magma ...

Yellowstone volcanism has produced some of the youngest rocks in North America. This same region also features some of the ...

A group of US Geological Survey (USGS) geologists have discovered signs of rhyolitic volcanism in the northeast-shifting Yellowstone caldera. The Yellowstone Caldera, a volcanic caldera and ...