Geyser activity reemerges at Steamboat hot springs near Reno after decades of inactivity

For decades, scalding mineral-rich water has percolated underground near Steamboat Hot Springs south of Reno.
But in the last several months, that geothermal activity has bubbled up to the surface and spawned a small geyser, the likes of which haven't been seen in the area since the early 1900s.
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[@patrickrussell1888]

Thats the way it was in the 60s

[@eddwil7]

Nothing new. This was an active geothermal vent years ago, before the Ormat power plant. The high level of ground water this year will let it return for a while. There were hundreds of vents that went dormant because of the Ormat geothermal power plant disrupting the ground water level.

[@VernVisionTruthNetwork808]

It's do to the ground water rising due to the wet winters we have had. Not really a mystery when the springs dried out so did the Geyser.

[@KimSturmer]

That's what he said in the video.Not a surprise.

[@felixzapata9058]

...if this continues, I wonder if it will destroy the rare buckwheat that grows there; the only place on Earth where this plant grows...(?)