Tourists and officials were startled by a hydrothermal explosion at Black Diamond Pool in July 2024. Geoscientists are working out how and why it occurred to better understand these hazardous events.

A team of researchers from the College of Sciences is collaborating on a three-year joint venture between NASA and Aotearoa ...

A report notes the state could produce 163 gigawatts of geothermal power — more than 15 times its electrical output capacity ...

A new assessment from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicates that geothermal energy resources in the Great Basin region — spanning Nevada and parts of California, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah ...

Geothermal energy from Nevada's Great Basin could supply as much as 10 percent of the United States' electricity needs, according to a newly released assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

The Energy Act of 2020 has since directed the USGS to evaluate the nation’s geothermal energy potential comprehensively. To carry out this directive, the USGS and its partners have developed new heat ...

Geothermal energy can make a decisive contribution towards the ... Professor Boris Kaus (JGU), Dr. Eva Wellmann (MaP), Professor Jörg Renner ... the risk of earthquakes caused by human activity.

Many of the country's first geothermal plants were built in California in the 1970s and 1980s, with widespread development continuing by the Salton Sea, at the Geysers and elsewhere into the 1990s.

Inside Yellowstone's fiery heart: Researchers map volatile-rich cap, offering clues to future volcanic activity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 ...

Türkiye’s Geothermal Map is Being Updated. Since 1963, MTA has conducted geothermal energy exploration and is now digitizing all data to create a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based data ...