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GPS stations in Yellowstone can clearly show how the ground moves, but this simple measurement requires the data to go on a complex journey.

Tephra formed by lava fountains during the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption has created a new puʻu (hill) southwest of Halemaʻumaʻu crater. The new...

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted a monitoring overflight of Kīlauea summit on December 2, 2025.

Applying artificial intelligence approaches to a 15-year-long seismic record reveals how all the small earthquakes that occur in the Yellowstone...

The 1975 Kalapana earthquake brought big changes to lives of the people affected by the fatalities and damage, as well as big changes to our...

Yellowstone is not just a fantastic natural laboratory for Earth-based studies.  A better understanding of hydrothermal activity in the first National...

Fifty years ago this month, the largest Hawaii earthquake of the 20th and 21st centuries occurred. Earthquake shaking, as well as ground subsidence...

Many of the monitoring sites in Yellowstone National Park are located in remote areas.  When they go offline, a lot of preparation and effort is...

Water molecules (H₂O) are made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, but these atoms aren't always the same. Tracking how these atoms in water...

Thermophiles thrive in hydrothermal features where scalding temperatures would burn other life. What can we learn from the unique adaptations of these...