Yellowstone’s hydrothermal system has been powered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for at least the last ~2 million years by the release of heat from the magmatic system in the subsurface.
Roadwork will slow your trip into Yellowstone National Park from the south this summer, while a project on the northern range will also cause some delays in the Lamar Valley.
Tourism to Yellowstone National Park, which attracts millions of visitors a year searching for spectacular scenery, geothermal wonders, and a pristine environment, is responsible for generating nearly 2.3 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year, a new study says.
Geologists study the rock record to understand how our world came to be and to try to determine what geologic events might occur in the future. The field of geochronology provides the means for geologists to know when these past events took place.
Sediment from the bottoms of lakes in Yellowstone contain records of past changes to the landscape including how hydrothermal activity, vegetation, and climate in Lower Geyser Basin have evolved over time. The place used to look much different than it does today…