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Earthquake rocks US city miles from supervolcano as fears of overdue eruption return. READ MORE: Is Yellowstone's supervolcano on the brink of erupting? By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR ...
SCIENTISTS have discovered a hidden lid that keeps the vast reservoir of magma beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano at bay. For years scientists have suspected that a mysterious chamber beneath the… ...
Earth Ancient supervolcano eruption had surprisingly mild impact on climate. Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather ...
Yellowstone is a focal point for supervolcano research. The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), managed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), continuously monitors the region.
Scientists are tracking changes at the giant supervolcano that lies under Yellowstone National Park, but they say there's no need to worry at the moment. “The western part of the Yellowstone ...
A supervolcano eruption could reshape the planet in ways we can barely imagine. From massive climate changes to widespread destruction, the aftermath would be catastrophic.
This was the work of a supervolcano—a name denoting its extra gigantic size—from the Yellowstone Hotspot. The initial eruption is thought to have covered the Great Plains 1,600 kilometers ...
Supervolcano 'could swallow whole US state' as eruption fears grow The volcano has caused scientists concerns for many years after a series of earthquakes in the 1980's triggered fears that the ...
For decades, scientists have debated just how apocalyptic it was when Toba, a supervolcano located in Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted some 74,000 years ago. Some proposed that the biggest eruption in ...
Related: Supervolcano 'megabeds' discovered at bottom of sea point to catastrophic events in Europe every 10,000 to 15,000 years The volcano at Yellowstone has had two supereruptions.The largest ...