For scientists working to understand why some geysers erupt with relative regularity and others do not, Yellowstone National Park provides a valuable testbed. Researchers at the University of Utah ...

The El Tatio geyser field. There’s a bus to the right for scale. Like a hidden world of chutes and ladders, the loopy plumbing beneath geysers may explain what causes them to erupt, a new study finds.

Geysers like Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park erupt periodically because of loops or side-chambers in their underground plumbing, according to recent studies by volcanologists at the ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Sin-Mei Wu, Jamie Farrell, and ...

Geysers like Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park erupt periodically because of loops or side-chambers in their underground plumbing, according to recent studies by volcanologists at the ...

Underground "loops" and side chambers that trap steam is what gives geysers like Yellowstone National Park's Old Faithful their periodic eruptions, volcanologists say. The key, they say, is the way ...

BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 25 (UPI) --Why does a geyser erupt, but a hot spring only bubbles? The difference is in the shape of the pipes that lie beneath the ground, pumping the hot water to the surface.

This week, Tampa Bay area plumbers fielded calls of leaking water heaters after the drop in temperatures likely stressed the ...

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