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3D model of the structure of Sprouter Geyser
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Yellowstone Geyser is Diagnosed with Bubble Trap Syndrome

by Douglas R. Schmitt 24 February 202324 February 2023

Like humans who eat too many beans, Yellowstone’s Sprouter Geyser has recurrent issues with gas.

Photo of cracked gray-black sphere at bottom of image with small, elongated highlights of white in center of image against a black background
Posted inNews

Mission Could Lasso Amino Acids from the Icy Plumes of Enceladus

by Isabel Swafford 13 December 202213 December 2022

If geysers from Saturn’s moon Enceladus contain amino acids, new research shows that a spacecraft could collect them with signatures of possible life preserved.

A single geyser erupts steam into the sky.
Posted inFeatures

Why Study Geysers?

by S. Hurwitz, M. Manga, K. A. Campbell, C. Muñoz-Saez and E. P. S. Eibl 30 July 202125 February 2022

Aside from captivating our senses, geysers have much to tell us about subsurface fluids, climate change effects, and the occurrence and limits of life on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

Old Faithful geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Megadrought Caused Yellowstone’s Old Faithful to Run Dry

by J. Pinson 16 October 202014 February 2023

Scientists studying wood samples preserved by Old Faithful have determined that the famous geyser was dormant for several decades during the 13th century due to a megadrought.

Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park
Posted inNews

Are Geysers a Signal of Magma Intrusion Under Yellowstone?

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 29 May 202027 October 2021

Steamboat Geyser, the world’s tallest, is in the midst of one of its largest periods of activity. Is it linked to new magma intruding under the Yellowstone caldera?

Mystery shrouds the Enceladus plume, and researchers think a dust cloud might be the main culprit
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Where Are the Electrical Currents in the Enceladus Plume?

by Mark Zastrow 7 July 201715 March 2023

A plume of water ice that escapes Saturn’s moon Enceladus should be coursing with electrical currents, but data are mixed. Now simulations suggest that a sticky dust cloud may shield signals.

Yellowstone-National-Park-beehive-geyser
Posted inNews

Can Carbon Dioxide Trigger Geyser Eruptions?

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 16 March 20166 October 2022

Researchers looking at geyser discharge water in Yellowstone National Park found that dissolved carbon dioxide could be involved in a geyser's eruption.

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