Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow ...

A new geodynamic model is reshaping how scientists understand supervolcanoes, revealing that their magma systems may be far more diffuse and dynamic than previously believed.

A new model of Yellowstone’s magma system suggests it is fueled by melts from the shallow mantle, guided by tectonic forces, ...

Beneath the geysers and hot springs that draw roughly 4.5 million visitors to Yellowstone each year, a pocket of magma sits ...

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 ...

Deep under the western United States, two of the planet’s largest volcanic systems are quietly reshaping rock and gas. In California and Wyoming, scientists have reported unusual behavior that has ...

Supereruptions are extremely large volcanic eruptions that eject more than 1,000 cubic kilometers of magma, rock and ash.

Scientists uncover how underground mantle winds create and control powerful supervolcano eruptions like Yellowstone.

A new study led by Chinese scientists, published Friday in the journal Science, has uncovered the hidden forces behind the creation of North America's Yellowstone supervolcano. Researchers from the ...

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Scientists have discovered magma refilling beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, offering new clues into how supervolcanoes recharge.