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Two pretty good-sized earthquakes shook the western U.S. in March, a M5.7 in Utah and a M6.5 in Idaho. These quakes not only shook up the people...

Before YVO's founding, research had been conducted on the volcanism and tectonics of the Yellowstone region since the 1960s by the University of Utah...

First, there was the March 18, 2020, magnitude 5.7 (M5.7) earthquake near Salt Lake City. And then there was the M6.5 earthquake in central Idaho on...

We can look back to research describing microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to see how fundamental explorative scientific research is an amazing...

Today, we shed light on what makes up geyser cones.

Our search for eruption precursors focused on gas emissions at Steamboat Geyser. We made repeated measurements over time to look for sudden changes in...

If there were an Olympic medal for hydrothermal systems, Norris Geyser Basin would bring home the gold.

What values do these road-less areas offer for science, for recreation, for wildlife? As public land owners, we all shape the future of the  Greater...

Did you know that there are similar caldera systems spread across the globe? And many of these are far more volcanically active than Yellowstone!

The lack of any basalt in Yellowstone caldera—the existence of a magmatic "shadow"—is good evidence that the rhyolite magma chamber is still at least...