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Climate and Fire History in Yellowstone

Researchers have studied 15,000 years of environmental history in Yellowstone's Lower Geyser Basin. To do this work, they combined physical evidence from five lakes with a climate model. A climate model is a computer program that shows weather changes over a long time. The study showed that hydrothermal activity changed with the weather. This activity, which is hot water and…

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