The magma cap is critical for preventing eruptions at Yellowstone. Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a ...

Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Scientists discovered a magma cap under the surface of Yellowstone National Park The cap acts as a lid, making sure the pressure and heat below ...

For many years, it has been known that one of the largest active volcanic systems in the world dwells beneath the surface of Yellowstone National Park, though its exact workings have remained ...

Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a massive eruption in one of the largest active volcanic systems in the ...

Multiday canoeing, kayaking, and rafting trips on the South Nahanni, and to a lesser extent on the Flat and Little Nahanni Rivers, are now the main attractions in Nahanni National Park Reserve.

according to the National Park Service. A massive volcanic eruption about 631,000 years ago, the last of three major outbursts in the region in the last 2.1 million years, created the Yellowstone ...

The national park forms one unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. The two other units—Ross Lake National Recreation Area and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area—contain ...

Yellowstone National Park is known to sit on top of a huge pool of active magma, which causes bubbling mud pots and steaming geysers. Now, geologists have discovered a cap of magma rich with ...

August 2026 - 5 days Step into one of the most wildlife-rich landscapes in the continental U.S, the iconic Lamar Valley of ...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in ...