Yellowstone is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits ...

Corked Volcano Researchers have found evidence that a giant "lid" made of magma could be stopping the supervolcano in ...

A "sharp, volatile-rich cap” about 2.5 miles under Yellowstone’s surface “acts like a lid,” trapping pressure and heat that ...

A recent study discovered the exact location of the Yellowstone supervolcano's magma cap -- and hints at when it may erupt.

It turns out that beneath the wild expanse of Yellowstone National Park lies one ... truck that sends vibrations deep into the earth to map what lies beneath, researchers from Rice University ...

Yellowstone Caldera, the volcanic complex underneath Yellowstone National Park, is held at bay from eruption by a cap 3.8 meters underground.

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 ...

"By identifying this sharp, volatile-rich cap beneath Yellowstone, Schmandt’s team has established a new benchmark for monitoring the volcano’s activity," Rice University said. "Future ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Brandon Schmandt, professor of ...