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Massive magma reserve found under Yellowstone Park

Scientists have long known that Yellowstone National Park sits atop a huge super-volcano, but it is bigger than they thought. University of Utah researchers detected a vast pool of magma deep beneath the park, enough to fill the Grand Canyon 11 times over. TIME magazine’s senior science editor Jeffrey Klugger joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss what we know about the volcano.
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