Will Yellowstone erupt or are we blowing things out of proportion? We may have underestimated Yellowstone’s potential to blow its stack in the future. Chinese scientists have made a disconcerting find ...

This situation is heating up. One of the world’s most volatile volcanoes is silently refilling with molten rock, sparking fears that this caldera could be getting ready to unleash a torrent of lava, ...

A major Yellowstone eruption likely won’t happen for thousands, and potentially millions, of years. Scientists say that the magma underneath Yellowstone is mostly solid and not eruptible. One study ...

Social media videos are stoking fears about a catastrophic eruption in central Oregon, but the science tells a different story.

Caldera formation arises when large volumes of magma are evacuated from a sub-surface reservoir, leading to gravitational collapse of the overlying rock into the evacuated space. The process begins ...

Caldera systems, formed by the collapse of a volcanic edifice following major magma extraction, represent some of the most dynamic and hazardous volcanic environments on Earth. Activity within these ...