Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

After a thermal explosion at Biscuit Basin, the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory unveils a new safety plan to enhance ...

“The Yellowstone system is one that’s been stagnant for a long time.” The volcano’s largest eruption, which earned it the title of a supervolcano, occurred 2.1 million years ago.

Yellowstone National Park has a new plan for dealing with geologic hazards like thermal explosions and earthquakes for the ...

Recent research reveals that Yellowstone’s magma chamber contains significantly more liquid magma than scientists previously estimated, suggesting that the supervolcano might be closer to ...

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Michael Poland said this week the detection of the burst at the Black Diamond Pool shows the camera was a good investment, and the plan is to ...

Beneath Yellowstone National Park lies something extraordinary—a giant underground chamber filled with molten rock, trapped gases, and intense heat. For years, scientists have known about this ...

On the night of May 31, an eruption from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park shot up about 20 feet, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: — Yellowstone National Park has not closed due to concerns of a volcanic eruption. — A study by researchers ...

The figure is up 8% from last May and topped the previous record-setting May in 2022 by more than 42,600 visits. So far in 2025, the park has hosted 762,671 recreation visits, up 6% from 2024 ...

As the growing tide of travelers strains housing, water and hot spots, protests and measures to lessen the effects of ...

The work to move lines underground is painstakingly slow. The DC PLUG program dates back to 2012, when former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray established a Task Force to examine vulnerable areas that ...