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How long has the magma chamber existed? And how can we explore such a complex question, given that we can't directly see several kilometers deep...

Have you ever wondered why geysers are rare and what causes them to erupt? And why scientists study geysers?

During the Spring term in 2019, geology students from Montana State University participated in a reading group focused on understanding the geology of...

Here at YVO we receive a lot of questions related to Yellowstone supereruption "what ifs" and "whens", even though that is the least possible scenario...

The faults in Yellowstone National Park vary greatly in age and how they formed, and they can be divided into two groups: relatively young faults that...

The month of May marks the start of many field studies for scientists affiliated with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO).

Imagine for a moment that you could turn back the clock some two-hundred years or so and embark on a journey from east to west across the North...

Much is known about volcanism occurring from Yellowstone within the past 2 million years, but many people are not aware that this landscape was also...

In September 2004, USGS scientists detected sudden, but unmistakable, signs that Mount St. Helens was waking up. Volcano monitors had picked up the...

Toting their surveying instruments to the tops of mountains or across continents, ancient (20th century) geodesists might have dreamed of an easier...