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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Northeast Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Northeast Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC) is awarding nearly $700,000 to...

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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Northwest Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Northwest Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Northwest Climate Science Center is awarding more than one million dollars to...

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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southeast Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southeast Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Southeast Climate Science Center is awarding nearly $150,000 to its host...

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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southwest Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southwest Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Southwest Climate Science Center is awarding nearly a million dollars to...

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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the North Central Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the North Central Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, is awarding...

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Highly Pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Birds in Washington State H5N2 Found in Northern Pintail Ducks & H5N8 Found in Captive Gyrfalcons

Highly Pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Birds in Washington State H5N2 Found in Northern Pintail Ducks & H5N8 Found in Captive Gyrfalcons

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2014 — The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the...

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High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline

High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new report detailing changes of groundwater levels in the High Plains Aquifer. The report presents water...

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Urban Stream Contamination Increasing Rapidly Due to Road Salt

Urban Stream Contamination Increasing Rapidly Due to Road Salt

Average chloride concentrations often exceed toxic levels in many northern United States streams due to the use of salt to deice winter pavement, and...

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New Scientific Study Supports that Capture-based Research is Safe for Polar Bears

New Scientific Study Supports that Capture-based Research is Safe for Polar Bears

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A polar bear capture and release-based research program had no adverse long-term effects on feeding behavior, body condition, and...

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Media Advisory: Accompany a USGS Field Crew as they Measure Stream Flow and Flooding in Storm-Affected Areas of Northern California

Media Advisory: Accompany a USGS Field Crew as they Measure Stream Flow and Flooding in Storm-Affected Areas of Northern California

The U.S. Geological Survey is hosting three media availabilities on Friday, Dec. 12 at high-water areas on the Russian River near Geyserville, Calif...

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Fault "Crossroads" May Have Been Origin Point for 2011 Virginia Earthquake

Fault "Crossroads" May Have Been Origin Point for 2011 Virginia Earthquake

The 2011 east coast earthquake felt by people from Georgia to Canada likely originated from a fault “junction” just outside of Mineral, Virginia...

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NASA-USGS Climate Data App Challenge: An Invitation for Innovation

NASA-USGS Climate Data App Challenge: An Invitation for Innovation

NASA in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering more than $35,000 in prizes to citizen scientists for ideas that make use of...

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