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In a study released today, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and their colleagues document how the 2015-16 winter featured one of the most powerful El...

The U.S. Geological Survey published a new report highlighting a portable continuous-flow centrifuge which aims to save time and money on contaminant...

Water-level changes from 2002 to 2015 were examined in wells screened in the High Plains aquifer within the Republican River Basin and the results are...

“We’re seeing the loss of forests in many places,” said Matthew Hansen, a professor at the University of Maryland. “Dynamics include increasing...

See a decade of California drought ease in this EarthView from Landsat.

This EarthView from Landsat shows how flooding in Argentina can affect global soybean prices.

A recent interpretive review of scientific literature performed by the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Rochester sheds light on the...

Participation in The National Map Corps made easier for citizen scientists.

A new JavaScript library, called GWIS (Graphing Water Information System), can create time-series plots of information measured at U.S. Geological...

The USGS announces the sunset of National Map High Resolution Orthoimagery Data and Service