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Coastal communities count on beaches for recreation and for protection from large waves, but beaches are vulnerable to threats such as erosion by...

U.S. Geological Survey field crews in Puerto Rico are rapidly repairing the damage wrought by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, tracking the scope of storm...

Improvements to the quality and usability of Landsat satellite data have been made with the release of a new USGS product called Landsat Analysis...

Monitoring our changing planet is critical to supporting a world population expected to reach eight billion by 2025. Observing the Earth from space...

As part of an ongoing effort to improve performance and reliability for the suite of USGS Hydrography web-based map services, the USGS is migrating...

TACOMA, Wash. — The U.S. Geological Survey recently published the results of a new five-year suspended-sediment and water temperature study from the...

It is difficult to overstate the importance of energy to the American economy.  Managing this vital sector depends on knowing how many energy...

Coral reef expert Caroline Rogers was the only USGS employee in the Virgin Islands when the Category 5 storm hit.

Resource managers, regulators, and stakeholders of Montana and British Columbia’s Lake Koocanusa now have a new approach for understanding the...

The USGS announces the release of the Species of Greatest Conservation Need national database. The SGCN lists are part of the State Wildlife Action...