A peer-reviewed study published in Science argues that Yellowstone’s volcanic system owes its heat and magma not to a deep ...

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US Geological Survey scientists monitoring the Yellowstone supervolcano have documented continued seismic activity and ground deformation that warrant public awareness. Yellowstone sits atop one of ...

A sideways flow of hot mantle rock, not a deep plume rising from near Earth's core, may be feeding one of the planet's most closely watched supervolcanoes. That is the picture emerging from a new ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for what powers Yellowstone and other supervolcanoes. Instead of a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, a broad “mantle wind” may push hot rock beneath ...

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Heat is everywhere — from the boiling hot springs and fumaroles of Yellowstone to the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup. How are heat ...

Officials reported a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, forming new vents and a boiling pool with no ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the ...

Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone sit right above bodies of magma, and most show evidence of past eruptions. Researchers used ambient noise tomography and image vibrations to analyze a region of Tuscany ...