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Researchers from Montana State University analyzed sediment cores from lakes in Yellowstone’s Lower Geyser Basin to reconstruct the region’s environmental history over the past 15,000 years. Their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, links past climate variations and hydrothermal activity to changes in vegetation, wildfire frequency, and aquatic ecosystems on the Yellowstone Plateau. The findings suggest that historic droughts may foreshadow reduced geyser activity and increased wildfire risk in the future.

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