Yellowstone National Park is swelling. Literally. According to scientists at the University of Utah, the land is is puffing up about 2.8 inches per year.
Why?
Because much of the park sits on top of a giant, basin-like volcano called a caldera. And when the underground volcano gets restless, upward-moving, melted rock and rising heat […]
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