Yellowstone National Park geologists have confirmed that a small hydrothermal explosion that occurred earlier this month formed a new thermal pool.

“Ground that the team had walked on just 2 days earlier had developed into an actively boiling pool!” officials wrote on June ...

According to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, hydrothermal explosions are “violent and dramatic events resulting in the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments.” These ...

The location of the new pool. (USGS/Public Domain) A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone National Park – just two days after scientists were walking around on the exact patch of ground ...