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Slow as a Sloth or Swift as a Sprinter? Clocking the Speed of Yellowstone’s Magma

To time how fast a sprinter runs, you just need a stopwatch. To time how fast magma moves, you need to know a little bit about chemistry. 2 hours ago

USGS.gov | 2025-03-10 10:06:04

Mountains of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: The Wind River Range and the Laramide Orogeny

Not all mountains in the Yellowstone region are volcanic in origin. The Wind River Range, southeast of Yellowstone National Park,... 1 day ago

USGS.gov | 2025-03-03 12:06:04

Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi—how similar are they?

The US hosts two of the world's most famous volcanic systems: Yellowstone and Hawaiʻi. These systems a well known for producing large... 1 day ago

USGS.gov | 2025-02-24 12:06:04

Observing non-earthquake signals on the Yellowstone Seismic Network

The Yellowstone Seismic Network is designed to record ground shaking due to earthquakes. But earthquakes aren't the only things that rattle... 1 hour ago

USGS.gov | 2025-02-17 11:06:04

How geology and climate control vegetation composition and distribution in the Yellowstone Geoecosystem

Want to know the geologic history of a specific area of Yellowstone? Then pay attention to the vegetation! 58 minutes ago

USGS.gov | 2025-02-10 11:08:04

Yellowstone National Park: Where geology is on display nearly everywhere!

Yellowstone National Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It's easy to see why—the dynamic landscape contains a variety of... 6 days ago

USGS.gov | 2025-02-04 00:06:03

Save the Date - CVO Open House 2025!

Save the Date - The USGS David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory will be hosting an Open House for the public on May 10, 2025! 1 day ago

USGS.gov | 2025-01-18 00:06:03

An Electromagnetic View of How Magma is Stored beneath Yellowstone

How can lightning and solar storms be used to map magma beneath Yellowstone? Through magnetotelluric imaging, which provides information... 13 hours ago

USGS.gov | 2025-01-13 11:06:04

What did Yellowstone look like before it became Wonderland?

Yellowstone has been a site of persistent volcanic activity for over 2 million years. But what did the region look like before the volcanoes... 3 days ago

USGS.gov | 2024-12-23 12:06:03

What Have We Learned Since the 2020 Stanley, Idaho, Earthquake?

The Stanley earthquake rattled Idaho in 2020. Geologists have spent the past four years learning more about the fault that caused the... 60 minutes ago

USGS.gov | 2024-12-02 11:06:03

A tour of Norris Geyser Basin’s backcountry thermal areas

Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest on-land geyser basin within Yellowstone National Park, with a wide diversity of thermal feature chemistry... 56 minutes ago

USGS.gov | 2024-11-25 11:10:03

A brief history of YVO webcams

To mark the demise of the webcam that provided views of Yellowstone Lake since 2017, let's take a look back the history of YVO webcams in... 13 hours ago

USGS.gov | 2024-11-18 11:06:04

Mount St. Helens seismicity elevated but within the range of background levels (February to June 2024) | U.S. ...

Over the past several months, small magnitude earthquakes have been located at Mount St. Helens. The seismicity is similar to what was... 1 day ago

USGS.gov | 2024-06-19 00:06:04

McDermitt caldera: An early caldera of the Yellowstone hotspot track | U.S. Geological Survey

Yellowstone caldera is the most recent in a series of volcanic structures that stretches across the Snake River Plain of Idaho and into... 3 days ago

USGS.gov | 2024-06-03 12:06:04

Caldera or crater…what’s the difference?

Is a caldera a landform or a type of volcano? Turns out, it's both. Which can be a little confusing. Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a... 13 months ago

USGS.gov | 2024-02-03 00:06:04

Yellowstone—the year 2022 in review | U.S. Geological Survey

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO). 1300 SE Cardinal Court STE 100. Vancouver, WA 98683. United States. Email. yvowebteam@usgs.gov. 1 month ago

USGS.gov | 2023-01-03 00:06:02