Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sit back, relax and take a wintry dip in one of Colorado’s many hot springs. The state is home to 93 “thermal areas,” or places where hot water bubbles up from deep underground. CU Boulder geologist Shemin Ge talks about how the unique geology of the American West has given rise to these relaxing features.
Millions of years ago, the motion of tectonic plates crumpled the land under Colorado giving rise to the Rocky Mountains. That same event also left cracks in the hard, rocky crust under Colorado, perfect channels for hot water to flow up to the surface.
Learn how a clean energy source called geothermal power could pose unexpected risks to hot springs: bit.ly/3OPWIS2
Sit back, relax and take a wintry dip in one of Colorado’s many hot springs. The state is home to 93 “thermal areas,” or places where hot water bubbles up from deep underground. CU Boulder geologist Shemin Ge talks about how the unique geology of the American West has given rise to these relaxing features.
Millions of years ago, the motion of tectonic plates crumpled the land under Colorado giving rise to the Rocky Mountains. That same event also left cracks in the hard, rocky crust under Colorado, perfect channels for hot water to flow up to the surface.
Learn how a clean energy source called geothermal power could pose unexpected risks to hot springs: bit.ly/3OPWIS2
