a U.S. Geological Survey scientist who pioneered research on the Yellowstone volcano in the 1960s. With the magma chamber emptied, the surface collapses. The entire domed region simply falls into ...

Volcanoes, with their fiery eruptions and molten rivers, have captivated humanity for millennia. But some volcanoes lurk in ...

A new University of Utah study in the journal Science provides the first complete view of the plumbing system that supplies hot and partly molten rock from the Yellowstone hotspot to the ...

If Yellowstone's volcano erupted, it would be catastrophic ... would cool a ring of rock around the magma chamber. Sort of like how coolant in your car carries heat away from its engine.

For instance, the 2011 Tohoku earthquake that struck Japan was a magnitude 9, the strongest ever recorded in the country. It ...

Underneath Iceland's sometimes snowy surface is a boiling cauldron of superheated magma. It's a bane to residents who are at ...

If Yellowstone's volcano erupted, it would be catastrophic ... would cool a ring of rock around the magma chamber. Sort of like how coolant in your car carries heat away from its engine.

The Yellowstone Caldera ... tens of thousands of years. The supervolcano, located in Wyoming, spans about 30 miles across. Despite having a significant magma volume beneath it, its surface area ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly ... from the underlying magma chamber. West Thumb hot spring fluids have a pH range of 7.3 to 8.2, are rich in sodium and chlorine, and contain variable ...