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Scientists are expecting that this year’s Chesapeake Bay hypoxic low-oxygen zone, also called the “dead zone,” will be approximately 1.37 cubic miles...

Several U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding in south-central Oklahoma due to heavy rainfall from the remnants of Tropical...

Fifty years ago on June 16, a devastating flood swept through the South Platte River Basin of the Front Range and Eastern Plains of Colorado, killing...

Although record low precipitation has been the main driver of one of the worst droughts in California history, abnormally high temperatures have also...

Three new sets of maps detail the offshore bathymetry, habitats, geology and submarine environment of the seafloor off the coast of San Francisco...

As moderate to major flooding in southern Oklahoma continues, multiple crews of U.S. Geological Survey scientists are in the field measuring how the...

New flood inundation maps and an updated flood warning system can help Marietta, Ohio, and other communities along the Lower Muskingum River and Ohio...

Crews from the U.S. Geological Survey are monitoring high streamflows due to sustained rain in various locations around Denver today.

Water contamination by hormone-disrupting pollutants is a concern for water quality around the world. Existing research has determined that elevated...

New research can help water resource managers quantify critical groundwater resources and assess the sustainability of long-term water use in...