The aviation color code over the area has been changed from green to yellow as a precaution, the Icelandic meteorological ...

A detailed look at Yellowstone's magma storage system finds that only one region is likely to host liquid magma in the long ...

That movement has now left one pool of molten material on the west of the caldera disconnected from any heat sources, which will likely allow it to cool. Meanwhile, the largest pool of near-surface ...

This massive collection of basalt columns is linked to a volcanic fissure eruption. That's when a fissure in the Earth's crust lets the contents of a subsurface magma chamber out – with ...

Large explosive eruptions occur in Yellowstone around once every 700,000 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

WHEN you think of Britain, the first word that springs to mind probably isn’t “volcano” – but our tiny nation is littered with the things. There are dozens of long-extinct ...

Scientists estimate a major eruption at Yellowstone every 700,000 years. With this in mind, we still have around 60,000 years to go before worrying. While volcanic activity persists, the region ...

More than 130 earthquakes were registered Tuesday at Iceland's large Bardarbunga volcano, a possible precursor to an eruption among the several scenarios being considered, the Icelandic meteorological ...

The last eruption in the region — a lava flow — was over 70,000 years ago ... Seismic imaging of the Yellowstone system has ...

It contains far more silica than basalt magma. And it’s generally associated with explosive eruptions. Grand Prismatic Spring Yellowstone National Park. Picture: Getty Images The USGS survey ...