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Trends in River Pesticide Levels Echo Pesticide Use

Trends in River Pesticide Levels Echo Pesticide Use

Trends in pesticide concentrations in 38 major rivers in the U.S. during 1992-2010 reflect large-scale trends in pesticide use and regulatory changes...
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Recalling the Storm, Preparing for the Future

Recalling the Storm, Preparing for the Future

Ten years ago today, what was to become the costliest hurricane ever to strike the United States gave a preview of its destructive power as it blew...

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Media Advisory: Officials, Agencies Celebrate 25 Years of Groundbreaking Science in Sioux Falls

Media Advisory: Officials, Agencies Celebrate 25 Years of Groundbreaking Science in Sioux Falls

The U.S. Geological Survey and NASA will honor their 25-year science partnership and ongoing advancements in land remote sensing at a ceremony in...
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Celebrating a Century of Partnerships in Parks: USGS, NPS, and 100 Years of Science.

Celebrating a Century of Partnerships in Parks: USGS, NPS, and 100 Years of Science.

From the grand waterfalls in Yosemite to past presidents sculpted into stone at Mount Rushmore, American history is continuously preserved throughout...

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Increasingly Severe Disturbances Weaken World’s Temperate Forests

Increasingly Severe Disturbances Weaken World’s Temperate Forests

SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON, Calif. — A new paper published today in Science magazine has synthesized existing studies on the health of temperate forests...
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Media Advisory: Yes, Humans Really Are Causing Earthquakes — Public Lecture

Media Advisory: Yes, Humans Really Are Causing Earthquakes — Public Lecture

The earthquake rate has dramatically increased in the central United States in the last six years. Oklahoma had more magnitude 3 or greater...
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South Napa Earthquake – One Year Later

South Napa Earthquake – One Year Later

One year ago, the largest earthquake in over 25 years hit the San Francisco Bay Area, causing significant damage in California’s famous Napa Valley...

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Ecologists Roll a Century’s Work on Food-webs into a Single Model

Ecologists Roll a Century’s Work on Food-webs into a Single Model

In a paper released today in Science, a new model presents a common mathematical structure that underlies the full range of feeding strategies of...
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USGS Scientists Study Effects of Gold King Mine Release

USGS Scientists Study Effects of Gold King Mine Release

On August 5, while investigating the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency accidentally triggered the...

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Mercury and Selenium are Accumulating in the Colorado River Food Web of the Grand Canyon

Mercury and Selenium are Accumulating in the Colorado River Food Web of the Grand Canyon

Although the Grand Canyon segment of the Colorado River features one of the most remote ecosystems in the United States, it is not immune to exposure...
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Media Advisory: Congressman Kevin Cramer to Join Scientists and Officials for 50th Anniversary Celebration at Jamestown Science Center

Media Advisory: Congressman Kevin Cramer to Join Scientists and Officials for 50th Anniversary Celebration at Jamestown Science Center

U.S. Congressman Kevin Cramer will join leaders from the U.S. Geological Survey and other state and local officials for a 50th anniversary ceremony at...

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New Cowboy State Maps Add U.S. Forest Service Data

New Cowboy State Maps Add U.S. Forest Service Data

Newly released US Topo maps for Wyoming now feature more trails using data provided by the U.S. Forest Service such as the recreational trails in the...
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