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An image of Yellowstone’s Imperial Geyser.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Fresh View of Microbial Life in Yellowstone’s Hot Springs

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 25 February 202210 August 2022

Research on the habitat ranges of microorganisms in Yellowstone’s hot springs reveals an overlap between cyanobacteria and algae.

Yellow and orange swirls color a chunk of Navajo sandstone in Grand Staircase.
Posted inFeatures

When Climate Ruled the Dinosaurs of Grand Staircase

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 30 December 20219 May 2023

Living in Geologic Time: Navigate the prolific boneyards and shifting boundaries of Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments.

Four backpackers look down the Yellowstone River where it flows through the Black Canyon.
Posted inFeatures

Don’t Call It a Supervolcano

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 6 August 202122 December 2021

Living in Geologic Time: Scientists dismantle the myths of Yellowstone.

Four photographs of Big Cypress National Preserve of South Florida.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

A New Model for Self-Organized Pattern Formation

by Ton Hoitink 1 July 202111 February 2022

Scale-dependent feedbacks in time, rather than in space, result in a new type of competition, explaining the regularly patterned landscape of Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida.

A rhododendron bush blooms pink flowers in front of the New River Gorge.
Posted inFeatures

The New River Gorge: Ancient River, Old Mines, New National Park

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 11 March 202129 September 2021

Living in Geologic Time: Regrowth and resiliency bring new accolades to one of the world’s oldest rivers.

Scientists set up seismometers on rock columns in Utah.
Posted inNews

Podcast: Songs of the Arches (with Helicopters)

Liza Lester, staff writer by L. Lester 23 November 20205 March 2026

Utah’s famous bridges and spires hum with a deep, earthly music, just below the threshold of human perception.

Small conifers grow along the edge of an open grassy meadow along the John Muir Trail.
Posted inFeatures

Traversing the High Sierra on the People’s Paths

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 2 November 20203 November 2022

Living in Geologic Time: Backpacking through the past, present, and future of fire on the John Muir Trail.

Four faces carved in granite stand above an apron of crushed rock overlooking state flags along the Avenue of Flags at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Posted inFeatures

Mount Rushmore’s Six Grandfathers and Four Presidents

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 3 September 202014 October 2021

Living in Geologic Time: How long will it take for erosion to erase Mount Rushmore?

Delicate Arch towers over visitors in Arches National Park, with the snow-capped La Sal Mountains in the distance.
Posted inFeatures

The Delicacy of Arches

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 13 July 202025 October 2022

Living in Geologic Time: How long will Utah’s arches grace the red rock desert?

Two dozen alligators gather in clusters in a swampy area of Everglades National Park
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Lost in the Everglades

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 27 March 202029 September 2021

Living in Geologic Time: An unintentional adventure in the River of Grass shows how Florida has changed dramatically over 15,000 years of human habitation.

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