For the first time, geoscientists detected the top of Yellowstone’s magma reservoir. It is active and dynamic, but not in ...

An underwater volcano 300 miles off the coast of Oregon is displaying signs of a potential eruption, UW researchers found.

Hundreds of millions of people live in areas that could be affected by volcanic eruptions. Fortunately, clues at the surface, ...

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

For decades, scientists knew magma was simmering beneath the earth at Yellowstone National Park. A team of researchers ...

The Axial Seamount – located hundreds of miles off the coast of Oregon and nearly 5,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s waves ...

Through modeling, the researchers determined the magma cap consists of molten silicate materials and supercritical water bubbles within porous rock. The bubbles are formed as the magma rises and ...

Volcanoes have stirred human awe for thousands of years, with their bursts of fire and rivers of molten rock. Yet, beyond the ...

New research used artificial earthquakes generated by a truck with a vibrating hydraulic plate to better understand the depth ...