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Scientists have solved the 200-year-old mystery of the location of a massive volcanic eruption that spewed such a large volume of gases that it blocked sunlight, making the sun appear blue.

The Yellowstone Caldera is a 70 by 45 kilometre-wide crater in northwestern Wyoming, blasted out of the Earth’s crust some 640,000 years ago in a cataclysmic eruption. It was an Earth-shaking event.

Yellowstone National Park is home to many of the largest known volcanic eruptions on the planet, and scientists have new research that is helping determine when – and where in the park – the next one ...

“Nowhere in Yellowstone do we have regions that are capable of eruption,” the magma maven explained. In other words, it will not be an issue during our lifetime. “There will be ...

A system will track into B.C. on Friday, bringing rain for the coast and snow to the Interior. The rain starts for southern Vancouver Island Friday morning, spreading into Vancouver and Abbotsford ...

In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The eruption's effects altered Earth’s climate for years and even led to the “year without summer” in 1816.

Aerial view looking to the southwest of the active eruption in Halema‘uma‘u crater on Dec. 30, 2024. The lava fountains are reaching up to 100 feet high and feeding the incandescent lava in the ...

Axial Seamount sits less than 300 miles away from the US coast, but its eruption should cause no harm to humans. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, 470 kilometers off ...

A team of scientists have revealed the mystery location of a giant volcanic eruption which almost wiped out the entire world 200 years ago. Researchers from the University of St Andrews have ...