Written by Mark Stelten, deputy scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, the post analyzes the v olcano's ...

The effects of a Yellowstone supervolcano eruption could be dramatic for the United States and the entire globe. Scientists have decided to investigate the likelihood of an eruption of this dormant ...

It’s been the staple of various film or TV show plots, though some might remember it more specifically as being the devious ...

Geologists from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory are often asked to estimate how likely future eruptions are at ...

The world's biggest active volcano spans approximately 2,000 square miles and ascends about 13,600 feet above sea level - and ...

NASA scientists concocted an idea a decade ago to save the world from a civilization-ending eruption of the supervolcano underneath Yellowstone ...

Steamboat had one of its major eruptions, which can send water hundreds of feet ... shaking,” says Michael Poland of the U.S.

Scientists will be drilling a 1.3-mile-deep borehole into an active volcano to tap into the potentially limitless energy from the magma ...

Rescue workers are sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after a volcano on ...

For example, when did the Yellowstone caldera form? When was the most recent volcanic eruption? When was the last time Yellowstone was covered by glaciers? To answer these questions, geologists ...

A series of volcanic eruptions has widened on the remote island of Flores, blanketing villages with ash and forcing residents ...

Steamboat had one of its major eruptions, which can send water ... Poland of the U.S. Geological Survey, who heads the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. “But it’s really, really hard to prove ...