Are we ready for a mega-blast from the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park?

Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

The mineral-rich Arctic island is open for tourism. Locals want to show what makes Greenland unique beyond a recent ...

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

Mike Poland, who leads the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory for the U.S. Geological Survey, says these discoveries are helping scientists better understand how the whole system works.

A map showing the impact of an attack on Mashhad, Iran. Newsweek used maps produced by Alex Wellerstein to assess what the impact would be if the U.S. attacked with a B-83. NUKEMAP In Mashhad, an ...

Editor's note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Blaine McCleskey, ...

On the night of May 31, an eruption from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park shot up about 20 feet, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

Editor's note: Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, ...

The camera on the site can’t stream video, but it can record it on site, and it can send static images every 15 minutes to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, a consortium of state and federal ...

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory scientist-in-charge Michael Poland said the detection of the burst at the Black Diamond Pool shows the camera was a good investment, and the plan is to install a ...