Tag Archives: caldera

It’s common knowledge eruptions occurred in the Greater Yellowstone Region.

“Windows into the earth” sounds like a phrase a poet would use, not a geologist or a journalist.

Google "Michio Kaku" and you'll see a lot of returns from the self-promoting doctor on a wide variety of topics: winter weather in New York City, interstellar travel, cryogenics and living forever, and the probability that we are being visited regularly by aliens. Today the junk-science peddler decided to weigh in on Yellowstone National Park. Run! Run!

Here's something to put on your long-term radar: the Syfy Network is shooting a movie, Super Eruption, which purports to show what will happen when Yellowstone's supervolcano blows.

As the rest of the world and the Western United States deal with high-profile volcanic and seismic activity, the natural question is whether the Yellowstone supervolcano is ready to blow. So far there's little sign of anything like that on the horizon.

The 2010 Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm saw a slight resurgence of activity Tuesday, but has been quiet since then, with no activity at all Wednesday and Thursday morning.

Federal stimulus money will be used to add 10 more monitoring stations to Yellowstone National Park, providing even more data on seismic events and every little burp of the Yellowstone supervolcano.

With the caldera slowing its rise and seismic activity in the Park receding to normal levels, a new stretch of stability may in store for the Yellowstone National Park supervolcano.