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Scientists have collected and analyzed 84 environmental samples to establish baseline data prior to any active uranium mining activities at the Canyon...

USGS scientists have detected toxins known as microcystins produced by various forms of algae in 39 percent of the small streams assessed throughout...

WASHINGTON—The President’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey reflects the USGS's vital role in addressing some of...

The U.S. Geological Survey is implementing new measures that will improve public access to USGS-funded science as detailed in its new public access...

Between 1990 and 2010, global mercury emissions from manmade sources declined 30 percent, according to a new analysis by Harvard University, Peking...

Medical Geology is an earth science specialty that concerns how geologic materials and earth processes affect human health. 

No, it’s not a sports drink for leeches, although that’s what it sounds like. Leachate is the solution (or suspension) that forms when liquid travels...

For the first time, land and resource managers in the Great Lakes will be able to distinguish between the various sources of mercury in the...

Fish health may be affected by pharmaceuticals in treated wastewater released into streams and other water bodies, according to a recent laboratory...

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey details that even after the storage and/or treatment of leachate – liquid waste that moves through or...