Caldera Chronicles

Geologists study the rock record to understand how our world came to be and to try to determine what geologic events might occur in the future. The...

Mitigating the effects of the 1959 Madison Slide required a complex response of federal, local, and private organizations. The joint efforts...

As the ground started shaking due to the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake, a mountain in Madison Canyon collapsed, devastating the area and causing...

Yellowstone’s waters have been a subject of intense study for well over a century. A new database is now available summarizing water chemistry results...

Scientists often strive for a big-picture approach to understanding a given problem. Sometimes, this big-picture thinking requires first zooming into...

Road construction is a challenge in Yellowstone for a variety of reasons, including the abundant hydrothermal activity. This challenge is especially...

Sediment from the bottoms of lakes in Yellowstone contain records of past changes to the landscape—including how hydrothermal activity, vegetation...

A long history of seismic monitoring in the Yellowstone region helps seismologists understand what is normal in terms of earthquake activity. And also...

Irving Friedman (1920-2005) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was an innovative scientist who impacted many research fields. He is best known for...

Assessing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at Yellowstone is a challenging task, but careful measurements reveal that the region collectively emits as...

Ground deformation measurements are an important volcano and earthquake monitoring tool in Yellowstone. But they also detect changes unrelated to...

In summer 2023, YVO scientists established a new monitoring station in Norris Geyser Basin.  The site is the first of its kind in Yellowstone and will...

You can learn a lot about the geological conditions of a region through scientific drilling. And that’s exactly what happened at Yellowstone in the...

Is a caldera a landform or a type of volcano?  Turns out, it’s both.  Which can be a little confusing.

Happy 2024! The start of the year means that it is time once again for our annual look back at geological activity and research that occurred in...

Measuring streamflow is critical for assessing the health and status of river systems. One of the longest continuous records of streamflow is just...

Yellowstone National Park is a tapestry of natural wonders, where geysers erupt in spectacular displays, serene lakes mirror the vast skies, and...

Naming thermal features in Yellowstone is now a careful and deliberate process with significant opportunities for public input, although it once was...

Big Southern Butte is one of the largest rhyolite domes in the world. Along with its neighboring siblings, it stands in sharp contrast to the sea of...

Lidar data have just been released, for the first time, for Paradise Valley and the northern gateway corridor to Yellowstone National Park. These high...