And though a future Yellowstone eruption would cause widespread damage and potentially loss of life in the region, it would also have a huge impact on our planet’s already vulnerable climate, ejecting ...

Yellowstone National Park's geological history is one of the most intensely studied in North America. A new geologic unit ...

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory said Yellowstone is behaving normally, as it has over the past 140 years. Yellowstone has not erupted in some 70,000 years, and the odds of a large eruption in ...

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory said Yellowstone is behaving normally, as it has over the past 140 years. Yellowstone has not erupted in some 70,000 years, and the odds of a large eruption in ...

The eruption was likely triggered by blockages in the natural plumbing system underneath Yellowstone. Hydrothermal explosions occur when hot water in a volcano system turns into steam in a ...

The caldera is the enormous volcanic crater left from the last time Yellowstone experienced a giant eruption, 640,000 years ago. It covers an area about 30 by 45 miles .