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The following is taken from Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles, a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the ...
Seismic wave measurements suggest the supervolcano beneath the popular national park is unlikely to erupt any time soon ...
Yellowstone is using a 53,000-pound vibrator truck to create custom-made earthquakes to study the supervolcano the park sits ...
What we’ve found is that this reservoir hasn’t shut down — it’s been sitting there for a couple million years, but it’s still ...
A 53,000-pound vibroseis truck, with a hydraulic vibration plate that creates signals like tiny earthquakes. The truck is parked at a roadside pullout near the Continental Divide in Yellowstone ...
Researchers have found evidence that a giant "lid" made of magma could be stopping the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park from erupting. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature ...
Scientists discovered a magma cap underneath Yellowstone National Park’s surface that may act as a lid to prevent the supervolcano from erupting. Photo by Chris Leipelt via Unsplash It’s no ...
Scientists have finished a first‑of‑its‑kind seismic survey inside Yellowstone National Park, using a 53,000‑pound ...