A new model of Yellowstone’s magma system suggests it is fueled by melts from the shallow mantle, guided by tectonic forces, ...

A lot of research goes into determining how to best predict the next eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Part of this ...

A new geodynamic model is reshaping how scientists understand supervolcanoes, revealing that their magma systems may be far more diffuse and dynamic than previously believed.

Now, a new paper suggests that the Farallon plate is still making its presence felt far from the coasts, powering one of ...

A sideways flow of hot mantle rock, not a deep plume rising from near Earth’s core, may be feeding one of the planet’s most ...

The Yellowstone supervolcano Yellowstone supervolcano, which lies underneath a 30–by–45–mile crater Yellowstone Caldera, has ...

Scientists uncover how underground mantle winds create and control powerful supervolcano eruptions like Yellowstone.

A new study led by Chinese scientists, published Friday in the journal Science, has uncovered the hidden forces behind the creation of North America's Yellowstone supervolcano. Researchers from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Things are getting hotter than a Dutton family feud. Yellowstone National Park, known for erupting geysers like Old Faithful, is ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet some of these giant structures vanished deep into the mantle, hidden from ...

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Earth’s crust looks solid from the surface, but it is broken into a shifting mosaic of slabs that slowly rearrange oceans and continents. Understanding how those tectonic plates first formed is one of ...