Far beneath the forests and hot springs of the American West, the continent’s largest active volcanic system is rumbling in ...

Beneath the Bay of Naples, the ground has been slowly but relentlessly lifting for two decades, rising more than 1.4 meters ...

Few volcanoes on Earth boast the fantastical title of "supervolcano," but what makes these uber volcanoes so super, and is the superlative always justified? It very much depends on who you ask. A ...

A picture of Midway Geiser in Yellowstone National Park shows streams of red liquid flowing away from its center. The amount of melted rock beneath Yellowstone's supervolcano is far higher than ...

California’s uncanny “earthquake pause” is over. It should have already had several “big ones” by now. All that pressure has to go somewhere. Now geologists are nervously eyeing eight nearby volcanoes ...

Advancements in technology appear to show that Yellowstone's seismic activity is increasing, allowing experts to better ...

Fears of the Yellowstone supervolcano erupting have cropped up from time to time, but a newly released study suggests that the hotspot may actually be waning. The research, published earlier this ...

The McDermitt Caldera most likely hosts the world's largest deposit of lithium trapped in claystone. Located on the Nevada – ...

Scientists reckon that the McDermitt Caldera might hold the largest deposit of lithium ever found. Situated on the Nevada – ...

When Missy’s replica of the Yellowstone caldera erupted at the end of an episode in season 1 of Big Mouth, it turned out to be a dream. Inverse spoke to Andrews about how a supervolcano eruption would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, United ...

The explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano, located on the modern island of Sumatra, some 74,000 years ago, was Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years. To give an idea of its ...