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Not that Yellowstone is likely to still be a national ... study co-author Ninfa Bennington, a volcano seismologist at the ...
It started in 2020, when Jamie Farrell, then a research associate professor of geology and geophysics and chief seismologist at the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory ...
Instead, these melts are locked in a crystalline “mush,” incapable of generating a major eruption under current conditions. Don’t count Yellowstone ... locus of future volcanic activity.
A new study shows a volcanic eruption of Yellowstone may be even less likely than we thought: Scientists have discovered a magma cap that may play a role in relieving volcanic pressure underground.
It turns out that beneath the wild expanse of Yellowstone National Park lies one of the most closely watched volcanic systems on Earth. And while the massive supervolcano beneath the park has long ...
Mike Poland, of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, said “the feature itself is new. That there would be a new feature is, you know, mundane,” he told The Associated Press. “The noteworthy ...
Credit: Xiyu Zhang via Getty Images A "breathing" cap of magma has been discovered inside the Yellowstone supervolcano, and it might help determine when the volcano will next erupt, a new study ...
It's one of the world's largest active volcanoes in the world – officially described as a 'supervolcano'. And if it erupted today, it's thought Yellowstone in the northwestern United States ...
Scientists at Yellowstone National Park have uncovered a large, underground magma cap that is likely crucial to containing one of Earth's largest volcanic systems. Hidden 2.4 miles (3.8km ...
Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Shaul Hurwitz, research ...
Scripps News spoke with Michael Poland, the scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, for more insight into the new findings and how they affect Yellowstone. Scientists "were ...