Few geological scenarios capture public imagination quite like a full-scale eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. The ...

Yellowstone National Park is quietly lifting. Along the north rim of the Yellowstone Caldera, just south of Norris Geyser Basin, the ground has swelled into a broad dome roughly the size of Chicago, ...

S trange things are afoot in Yellowstone National Park.

The bulge first appeared in 1996 and has now returned, but Yellowstone Volcano Observatory says there's no cause for alarm.

While the chance for an eruption is extremely low, the supervolcano is still likely to blame. A 2025 study from the United States Geological Survey determined that Yellowstone’s magma chamber ...

Over the last 10 years or so, I’ve featured numerous articles about the Yellowstone supervolcano. We know that it is located ...

A new thermal vent spewing steam in the air at Yellowstone National Park is gaining attention, mainly because it's visible from a road rather than any significant change in the park famous for its ...

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U of U geology professor Robert B. Smith has made a 50-year career out of studying Yellowstone. He presents a lecture on the Yellowstone Supervolcano Wednesday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Skaggs ...