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On an ordinary Tuesday in 2014, David Pineault, an economist at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), reviewed his specialized reports and came to a...

Today, Landsat shows us the evolution of the coal industry near North America & North Dakota’s Center...

Think you know which mineral Fool’s Gold is? You might be fooled...

Two decades of harmful algal bloom, nutrient and sediment research by the U.S. Geological Survey is helping to support Wichita’s long-term vision of a...

More than two dozen short videos on mastering USGS geospatial tools now available

The Fish Slam event discovered two nonnative fish species never seen before in Big Cypress National Preserve.

Unlike most animals, sea lampreys, an invasive, parasitic species of fish damaging the Great Lakes, could become male or female depending on how...

The USGS is currently soliciting project proposals for 2018 grants on earthquake hazards science. 

After a wildfire is extinguished, which secondary effects can occur?

Using a newly-developed computer model called “CoSMoS-COAST” (Coastal Storm Modeling System – Coastal One-line Assimilated Simulation Tool) scientists...