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President Proposes Nearly $1.8 Billion for USGS Science in FY 2024

President Proposes Nearly $1.8 Billion for USGS Science in FY 2024

Science investments focus on landscape-scale issues, natural disasters and critical minerals while preparing tomorrow’s workforce

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Earthquake in Southern California 90 Years Ago Changed the Way We Build

Earthquake in Southern California 90 Years Ago Changed the Way We Build

The story of the damaging Long Beach earthquake on March 10, 1933.

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Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image 3-Dimensional Geology in Alabama

Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image 3-Dimensional Geology in Alabama

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Alabama are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical technology...

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Building maps to help geothermal energy and greater sage-grouse coexist in Nevada’s sagebrush country

Building maps to help geothermal energy and greater sage-grouse coexist in Nevada’s sagebrush country

A U.S. Geological Survey study finds that geothermal energy development contributes to population declines of greater sage-grouse.  A new tool can...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Utah

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Utah

The U.S. Geological Survey will provide more than $6.6 million to map critical mineral resources in Utah, in partnership with the Utah Geological...

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Climate Warming is Likely to Cause Large Increases in Wetland Methane Emissions

Climate Warming is Likely to Cause Large Increases in Wetland Methane Emissions

A new USGS study has big implications for climate change mitigation plans to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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New tool models the future for wild horses on public lands

New tool models the future for wild horses on public lands

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management today announced the public release of a new modeling program designed...

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Florence Bascom, Trailblazer of the U.S. Geological Survey

Florence Bascom, Trailblazer of the U.S. Geological Survey

Each March, Women’s History Month commemorates the trailblazers, visionaries and notable women who have forever changed the world.

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El USGS Selecciona la Cuenca del Río Trinity-San Jacinto para estudiar los impactos del cambio climático y la variabilidad del nivel del mar

El USGS Selecciona la Cuenca del Río Trinity-San Jacinto para estudiar los impactos del cambio climático y la variabilidad del nivel del mar

RESTON, Va. - El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS) ha seleccionado la cuenca del río Trinity-San Jacinto, en Texas, como la última ubicación...

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USGS Selects Trinity-San Jacinto River Basin to Study Impacts of Climate Change, Sea Level Variability

USGS Selects Trinity-San Jacinto River Basin to Study Impacts of Climate Change, Sea Level Variability

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey selected the Trinity-San Jacinto River Basin in Texas as the latest location for an in-depth examination of...

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Vuelos sobre Puerto Rico para cartografiar la geología

Vuelos sobre Puerto Rico para cartografiar la geología

Editor: En interés público y de acuerdo con las regulaciones de la Administración Federal de Aviación, el USGS está anunciando este proyecto...

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Media Alert: Flights Above Puerto Rico to Map Geology

Media Alert: Flights Above Puerto Rico to Map Geology

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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