For those who like to know a little more about Yellowstone and it's unique attributes.

Websites:

Yellowstone National Park (NPS) https://www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm

Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (USGS) https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo

Exploring the Yellowstone Geoecosystem (Science Education Resource Center, an NNCI partner)

https://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/yellowstone/index.html     

Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University https://tbi.montana.edu/ Check out the “Did You Know?” section.

Articles:

Spear, J.R. and Pace, N.R., Diversity of Life at the Geothermal Subsurface—Surface Interface: The Yellowstone Example Geophysical Monograph Series. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/144GM21

tree of life drawing

Books:

Good, J.M., and Pierce, K, L., 2016, Interpreting the Landscape: Recent and Ongoing Geology of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. Grand Teton Association, 66 pp.

Murphy, T., and Fouke, B.W., The Art of Yellowstone Science - Mammoth Hot Springs as a Window on the Universe

Sheehan, K.B., Patterson, D.J., Dicks, B.L., and Henson, J., 2005, Seen and Unseen: Discovering the Microbes of Yellowstone, FalconGuides, 128 pp.

Smith, R.B., and Siegel, L.J., 2000, Windows into the Earth: The Geologic Story of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Oxford University Press, 256 pp.