http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/ Latest News Releases from the United States Geological Survey (includes Science Picks). en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://www.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif http://www.usgs.gov/ PR Water Geology Geography AGUFallMeeting AGU Planetary ClimateChange Earth http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3047&from=rss state CA state NAT From nearly 900 abstracts by USGS presenters at this year’s American Geophysical Union conference, we’ve selected some of the newest, most exciting topics that USGS scientists will explore at AGU]]> Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Earthquake California SanAndreasFault McNutt http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3046&from=rss state NAT Differences in seismic activity along the San Andreas fault appear to be related to strength variations in the lower crust and upper mantle, as suggested by new findings in the Dec. 1 edition of Nature]]> Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:04:24 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR earthquake EarlyWarning Caltech Berkeley Washington Moore Geology ShakeAlert http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3041&from=rss state NAT The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $6 million to three West Coast universities to create a prototype earthquake early warning system for the Pacific Coast of the United States]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Geography RemoteSensing landsat http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3040&from=rss state NAT state XN Fri, 18 Nov 2011 9:32:01 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Antarctica Nature Gamburtsev International Geology http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3039&from=rss state NAT The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet – a puzzle mystifying scientists since their first discovery in 1958 – is finally solved]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 8:41:02 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Geography landsat RemoteSensing forest agriculture http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3033&from=rss state NAT Expanding demand from a growing world population — now numbered at over 7 billion — exerts unprecedented pressure on global resources, especially forests, water, and agriculture. Observing our world by remote sensing satellites enables scientists around the world to detect the most critical trends in natural resource conditions at local to global scales]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Geography landsat RemoteSensing http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3034&from=rss state NAT Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) DOI geospatial maps geospatialPlatform DOI FGDC http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Federal-Geographic-Data-Committee-Launches-New-Geospatial-Website.cfm state NAT Thu, 10 Nov 2011 9:04:17 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR globalearthquakes earthquakes AGU http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3029&from=rss state NAT After combing through 110 years’ worth of global seismic records, USGS seismologist Dr. Andrew Michael concluded that the recent increase in the number of large earthquakes may just reflect random occurrence]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Ecosystems Wildlife Birds Diseases AvianMalaria ClimateChange Honeycreepers http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3028&from=rss state HI state NAT The Wildlife Society's annual conference is from Nov. 5 to 10 on Waikoloa (the Big Island), Hawaii. USGS scientists are heavily involved in the conference’s sessions, workshops and talks]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 14:15:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Ecosystems climateChange bighornSheep migration EcosystemServices Bats WindEnergy PolarBears Cougars ChronicWastingDisease Elk Wolves Hawaii http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3026&from=rss state NAT The Wildlife Society's annual conference is from Nov. 5 to 10 on Waikoloa (the Big Island), Hawaii. USGS scientists are heavily involved in the conference’s sessions, workshops and talks]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 14:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Historical HistoricalTopographicMapCollection California USGSStore topographicMap TopoMaps digitalTopographicMap USTopo geneology history anthorpology archeology GeoPDF NGP http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3024&from=rss state NAT Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:06:36 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR SanFranciscoBay SanFranciscoBayArea California Water drinkingwater agriculture Delta EndangeredSpecies Sacramento-SanJoaquinDelta Biology ClimateChange globalWarming GlobalChange http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3022&from=rss state CA state NAT Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:30:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Biology Ecosystems white-noseSyndrome Fungus GeomycesDestructans disease bats http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3015&from=rss state NAT The appropriately named fungus Geomyces destructans is the cause of deadly white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats, according to research published today in the journal Nature. ]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) PR Geography landsat UnitedNations NASA http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3013&from=rss state NAT A United Nations group established to preserve humanity's documentary history has selected a portion of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat archive of Earth imagery to be added to the Memory of the World International Register]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 9:00:00 EDT OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group)