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The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) is a consortium of nine state and federal agencies who provide timely monitoring and hazard assessment of volcanic, hydrothermal, and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone Plateau region. The USGS arm of YVO is also responsible for monitoring and reporting on volcanic activity in the intermountain west U.S. states.

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If an eruption is so unlikely, why do we monitor Yellowstone at all?

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New Mexico’s answer to Yellowstone: The geological story of Valles Caldera

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What’s life got to do with it? How geobiological feedbacks make some Yellowstone pools acidic