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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...

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

In addition to studying volcanic processes and their associated hazards in California and Nevada, scientists at the California Volcano Observatory...

Motion of a volcano resulting from pressure changes within its plumbing system is called deformation, and we can measure it with high-precision...

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory staff gathered in Bozeman, Montana to discuss how to better monitor changes in the thermal areas of Yellowstone...

Many first-time visitors to Yellowstone National Park have heard about a "supervolcano" but, expecting a Rainier-like volcanic peak, often wonder...

In high school physics, we are taught that gravity is a constant—9.8 meters per second squared is the gravitational acceleration on Earth, and it is...