Geoscientists have discovered a magma cap at Yellowstone National Park that is likely playing a critical role in preventing a ...

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

Scientists have discovered a giant 'magma cap' under Yellowstone National Park. The cap is likely playing a critical role in ...

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

Schmandt was among a group of researchers who recently found that less than two and a half miles below the surface in ...

Geoscientists discovered a magma cap acting as a "lid" 2.4 miles beneath Yellowstone. This magma cap traps heat and pressure, but also allows gas to vent, reducing eruption risk. Seismic imaging ...

And by finding a defined magma cap, researchers have also been able to determine that Yellowstone’s system remains lively and dynamic. “It hasn’t just been sitting there without any recharge ...

It's sort of like taking an MRI of the Earth. And we can see this few hundred foot thick cap to the Yellowstone magma reservoir that's over 2 miles deep. I think that says a lot about our ability to ...

T he Yellowstone supervolcano is extremely well studied, but that doesn’t mean it is fully understood. Researchers have just ...