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.

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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 ...

Editor's note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Blaine McCleskey, ...

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 ...

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.

In an email, a spokesperson for Yellowstone National Park said the parking lot and boardwalks are still closed at Biscuit Basin: “We are closely monitoring activity at the site for the ...

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

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 ...

Last week, an eruption from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park shot up about 20 feet, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. On May 14, scientists had installed a temporary ...

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 ...