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Media Alert: USGS study will dye Slate River green in November

Media Alert: USGS study will dye Slate River green in November

Crested Butte, Colo — The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting a non-toxic dye-tracing study in the Slate River, north of town, between Nov. 1...

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Media Alert: Calling all Wisconsin duck hunters! USGS survey available for Green Bay and Lake Michigan

Media Alert: Calling all Wisconsin duck hunters! USGS survey available for Green Bay and Lake Michigan

Public input requested 

An annual waterfowl harvest survey is open to duck hunter feedback now through Dec. 31 for the Green Bay and Lake Michigan...

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A Field Guide for Frights: Beware these Seven Wicked Wonders of the West

A Field Guide for Frights: Beware these Seven Wicked Wonders of the West

Looking for a spooky natural hazards travel guide this Halloween? You’ve come to the right place!

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Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Pecora Awards Honor Excellence in Earth Observation

Images of Earth are so common these days that it’s easy to forget that these illuminating visuals are actually grounded in remote sensing data that...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical-minerals research in central Great Plains

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical-minerals research in central Great Plains

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that, thanks to substantial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical-minerals research along Colorado-Wyoming border

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical-minerals research along Colorado-Wyoming border

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that, with substantial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it will...

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First Study to Track a Wild Bird Known to Have Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

First Study to Track a Wild Bird Known to Have Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

LAUREL, Md. — For the first time, scientists have tracked the movement of a wild bird known to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza in...

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The results are in! 3D Nation Study report now available

The results are in! 3D Nation Study report now available

An improved national elevation program has the potential to generate $13.5 billion in new benefits each year if it meets all needs and once fully...

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New tools to manage invasive species that threaten Palmyra Atoll’s coral reefs

New tools to manage invasive species that threaten Palmyra Atoll’s coral reefs

HONOLULU — Scientists found new methods that may help control an invasive anemone species threatening valuable coral reefs in the Central Pacific...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical minerals research in Washington State

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law supports critical minerals research in Washington State

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that, thanks to substantial funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it...

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ShakeOut 2022: Earthquake Awareness Enables Community Preparedness

ShakeOut 2022: Earthquake Awareness Enables Community Preparedness

Get ready to shake it like it’s real! ShakeOut 2022: Drop (or Lock), Cover, and Hold On!

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New USGS diagram re-envisions how Earth’s most precious commodity cycles the planet

New USGS diagram re-envisions how Earth’s most precious commodity cycles the planet

New educational tool better illustrates the role humans play in water availability

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