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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...

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

Near the south boundary of Yellowstone National Park is a curious ash flow deposit of unknown origin. Geologists from Montana State University took on...

Grand Prismatic Spring is one of the most visited sites in Yellowstone National Park.  The feature has amazing story to tell about extreme lifeforms...

Geologist Ferdinand Hayden directed the first scientific exploration of Yellowstone in 1871, leading directly to the founding of the world’s first...

New age data for rhyolite lava flows erupted in Yellowstone caldera suggest that the eruptions occurred in tight clusters. These results change the...