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Sascha Pare

Yellowstone's geysers at risk of extinction from climate change, tree skeletons reveal

Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser is the tallest active geyser in the world.  (Image credit: George Rose/Getty Images)

Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser — the tallest active geyser on Earth — could fall victim to climate change and stop erupting as drought takes hold over the region, scientists say.

As temperatures soar and rainfall declines across the American West, the groundwater reserves beneath the national park could become insufficient to feed the iconic geyser, a new study has found.

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