SALT LAKE CITY — Scientists have studied Yellowstone National Park's magmatic system for decades, which makes the iconic geysers, mud pots and various hydrothermal wonders possible. But it wasn ...

A future eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano or similar mega-volcano could bury large parts of the U.S. in ash, disrupt global climate, and threaten millions—scientists are closely monitoring the ...

“The new result means that this 35,000-year-old basalt is now the youngest Yellowstone eruption known,” Sims says. “The younger age implies that basaltic activity remains possible west of Yellowstone ...

Yellowstone is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits ...

The new result means that this 35,000-year-old basalt is now the youngest Yellowstone eruption known. The younger age implies that basaltic activity remains possible west of Yellowstone National ...

By studying historical records researchers can predict both existing dangers and possible outcomes from its volcanic processes. Two massive volcanic eruptions at Yellowstone accompanied the ...

This was the start of the dream of KMT: The Krafla Magma Testbed, named for the volcanic system in Iceland. It’s a dream that ...

“That is not possible in the ... How do you know how big an eruption’s going to be?” — Mike Poland, geophysicist and scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory Look ...

Every day, like clockwork, geysers in Yellowstone National Park erupt in a burst of volcanic ... SCHMANDT: So that's very possible. Through my career, and certainly for this project, it was ...

Yellowstone is located beneath a national park spanning three states – Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. While scientists are unsure if the two volcanoes in the US will ever erupt, they are preparing ...