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This month, the U.S. Geological Survey Core Research Center proudly celebrates 50 years of service to the geological community as one of the largest...

Each year, the US Geological Survey National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, in partnership with the Association of American State Geologists...

For two decades now, and counting, the LANDFIRE program continues to assemble the most easy-to-use, intuitive and complete clearinghouse of remote...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey awarded \$4.8 million, supported in part by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to 36 state...

Even on the ground, detecting algae type by color is not a sure bet. It takes lab testing to tell whether the skim of algae on the surface of a lake...

Tutorials are now available to provide guidance and help users access, query, and use Landsat data directly from the USGS cloud storage location. 

On your next drive, really look at what covers the landscape: Sprawling housing developments? Crowded skyscrapers? Parking lots? Farm fields? Forests...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today released a newly updated and improved National Land Cover Database, known as Annual NLCD, which offers...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA have officially opened a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the 2025-2029 Landsat Science Team. This team will...