My friend Melanie loves to watch the Discovery Channel and share what she has watched with others. The problem is she can never get the story straight. Her latest tale is about Yellowstone Park ...

JACKSON — Scientists have mapped the precise route of the magma plume feeding the famed and sometimes-feared Yellowstone hotspot from the surface of the Earth all the way to its outer core. The source ...

Depth cross-section through the plume structure showing its connection with the Yellowstone hotspot. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2018) doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0075-y A ...

Looking ahead Speculation about whether the Yellowstone supervolcano is overdue for another massive explosion is downplayed by Smith. He said the hotspot has run into the colder, thicker North ...