Doping the Hot Spring (IMAGE)
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Washington State University researchers 'spike' a Yellowstone hot spring with deuterium, a stable isotope, to calculate water and heat flowing out of the springs and estimate how fast magma is recharging beneath the Yellowstone supervolcano. The material had no environmental impact and was done with a permit from the National Park Service.
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Washington State University
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