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New Zealand's Hydrothermal Explosion At White Island And Its Lessons For Yellowstone

In its latest column, Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles looks at the December 2019 hydrothermal explosion at White Island in New Zealand and what lessons it offers for Yellowstone National Park. Shaul Hurwitz, research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, wrote the column.

National Parks Traveler Episode 51: Scenic Science In the Parks, Bison Management Plan

Scenic Science In the National Parks and Bison Management Plans
In this week’s show, we sat down with Emily Hoff and Maygen Keller to discuss their upcoming book, Scenic Science of the National Parks, an Explorer's Guide to Wildlife, Geology, and Botany. The book, scheduled to be available March 31, is a wonderfully new guidebook to help you get the most out of your national park adventures. We also talk with Tanya Shenk, a National Park Service scientist who helped develop a draft framework for bison stewardship in the Midwest Region of the park system. It’s a region where you can find bison at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas, Badlands National Park and Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota.

Scenic Science Of The National Parks, An Explorer’s Guide To Wildlife, Geology And Botany

There are many resources to help you get the most out of your national park adventures. And there are dozens of guidebooks, it seems, that profess to be the authority on visiting the parks. But there’s a book coming out later this spring that takes a new approach to visiting the parks, an approach built around a park’s residents – their plants, wildlife, and even geology.

The Complicated Plumbing Of Hot Springs And Steam Vents In Yellowstone National Park

Past issues of Caldera Chronicles have detailed the various types of thermal features at Yellowstone. We've also covered the chemistry of the springs, which leads to different styles of hydrothermal activity. But what happens when you start mixing these different compositions? What happens when the different types of hydrothermal activity overlap?

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