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After surveying and analyzing centuries of evidence in the floodplain of the lower Roanoke River, USGS researchers, along with colleagues from the...

MENLO PARK, Calif.— A paper published today in Science provides a case for increasing transparency and data collection to enable strategies for...

The latest edition of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD 2011) for Alaska is now publicly available.

U.S. Geological Survey scientists today released analyses of more than 30 years of water-quality data collected at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

The Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River is at about 92 percent capacity for sediment storage according to new U.S. Geological Survey research.

Newly released US Topo maps for Missouri now feature selected trails and other substantial updates. The data for the trails is provided to the USGS...

U.S. Geological Survey senior scientist Dr. Jill Baron has been named the new Director of the North American Nitrogen Center, one of five globally...

SEATTLE — The effects of dam removal are better known as a result of several new studies released this week by government, tribal and university...

A new study to examine how people who live downwind of Kīlauea Volcano cope with volcanic gas emissions, or vog, is currently underway.

A new fact sheet published by the U.S. Geological Survey describes the cumulative hydrologic effects of water-resource development in the Yellowstone...