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On October 26, 2023, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) approved a resolution recognizing coral reefs of U.S. states and territories as national...

An analysis from researchers including USGS reveals potential impacts on water, food, and energy supplies due to rivers’ altered sediment regimes...

In new research published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), and USGS...

Partnering with the EPA, FAA, and the FWS, USGS scientists conducted the first of a series of small uncrewed aircraft system data collections...

A new booklet provides an overview of the coastal and marine research conducted by the USGS in Santa Cruz, California. 

A research team including USGS scientists returned to the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center to investigate its deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where...

Scientists from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) are among dozens of USGS contributors to the Fifth National Climate Assessment...

The era of large dam construction, which peaked in the U.S. six decades ago, is now giving way to an evolved paradigm. Climate change, population...

The USGS evaluated the habitat preferences of seabeach amaranth to better understand factors contributing to the species’ significant decline at...

Assessing earthquake hazards demands a comprehensive understanding of active faults, including their location, length, connectivity, slip rate, and...