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USGS scientists, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Minnesota and University of Alaska Fairbanks, have mapped belowground...

A new, interactive tool can help managers make critical water-quality decisions in the Red River Basin of the United States and Canada.

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding in parts of eastern Texas following intense rainfall. Rainfall amounts of 18 – 20...

Recent scientific work outlines the severe consequences the practice of bottom trawling has on loose sediment on the ocean floor.

The U.S. Geological Survey has created 20 new flood inundation maps that can help South Carolinians take steps to prevent or reduce future flood...

The Souris, or Mouse, River Basin is currently in a wet climate period and will be at high flood risk for some time, according to a scientific model...

Two recent USGS investigations have measured sedimentation rates along the barely perceptible slope of rivers as they empty into estuaries. The...

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...