A Small Hydrothermal Explosion At Norris Geyser Basin
An underappreciated geologic hazard in Yellowstone National Park is that of hydrothermal explosions.
- By NPT Staff - July 23rd, 2024 4:31am
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Yellowstone GPS Stations Help Monitor Solar Storms That Cause Widespread Auroras
For a couple nights in May an extreme solar storm created a beautiful night sky for many people in areas that normally are too far away to see auroras. Some of the GPS stations in Yellowstone are among the tools used to monitor space weather like that solar storm.
- By NPT Staff - July 16th, 2024 4:44am
Yellowstone Tourists Drive Into Thermal Feature
Five visitors to Yellowstone National Park escaped with non-life-threatening injuries when the car they were riding in went off the Grand Loop Road and sank into a thermal feature near Roaring Mountain.
- By Compiled From N... - July 12th, 2024 5:06pm
Voices Of Yellowstone: First Peoples Celebration
A week-long celebration of the Indigenous history of the land within Yellowstone National Park will kick off August 4 in Gardiner, Montana, just outside the park's northern entrance.
- By Compiled From N... - July 14th, 2024 7:26am
Warm Temps, Low Flows Lead To Fishing Closures In Yellowstone National Park
Warm water temperatures and low stream flows are leading to fishing closures in some streams in Yellowstone National Park.
- By Compiled From N... - July 12th, 2024 3:17pm
Additional Details Released On Fatal Shooting At Yellowstone National Park
Firing a semi-automatic rifle while walking toward Canyon Lodge in Yellowstone National Park, the Florida man reportedly was determined to conduct a mass shooting on July 4 when law enforcement rangers killed him in a shootout that left one ranger wounded.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 9th, 2024 6:56pm
Solving The Mystery Of The "Pearlette Volcanic Ash"
In the late 1800s, geologists studying the Great Plains region of the United States puzzled over strange deposits. For example, a "white, flour-like earth" in Nebraska. Although initially thought to be from nearby hot springs, under the microscope it was determined that these deposits, which could be found across the region, were from volcanic ash that had rained down from some huge prehistoric eruption.
- By NPT Staff - July 9th, 2024 2:30am
Law Enforcement Involved In Shooting At Yellowstone National Park
During the early hours of Thursday morning July 4, there was a significant law enforcement incident at Canyon Village in the central part of Yellowstone National Park.
- By Compiled From N... - July 4th, 2024 12:45pm
$22 Million Grant Helps Improve Yellowstone National Park's Roads
A $22 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration will help pay for a reconstruction of a 0.7-mile-long segment of the Norris to Golden Gate roadway in Yellowstone National Park.
- By Compiled From N... - June 19th, 2024 10:16am
The YVO 2023 Annual Report Has Hit The Streets!
Every year since 2017, the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has summarized yearly geological activity—earthquakes, ground deformation, geyser eruptions, and so forth—and research efforts and findings in a series of annual reports. In these products you can find information about the numbers of seismic swarms in a given year, or the progress made on geologic mapping and dating of Yellowstone deposits, and even the thermal emissions from Yellowstone National Park as detected by satellites.
- By NPT Staff - June 18th, 2024 2:30am
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