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How scientists use “tree cookies” and “root cookies” to study ecosystems

The USGS is home to one of the largest, most multidisciplinary groups of scientists who unravel mysteries of the past, and help project future...

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Recently, a team of USGS and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service scientists traveled to Palmyra Atoll to collect sediment cores. Analyzing the cores and...

Chesapeake Bay Program — Press Release — May 9, 2023

The report by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee offers...

In recognition of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which is April 30 to May 6 this year, learn how scientists are looking back thousands of years...

Each March, Women’s History Month commemorates the trailblazers, visionaries and notable women who have forever changed the world.

Recently, the Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, USGS lost Jack Epstein, a colleague, mentor, and friend. Here is a fitting tribute and memorial to...

Natural hazards have the potential to impact a majority of Americans every year. USGS science provides part of the foundation for emergency...

The Floodplain Ecosystem Service Mapper is a web application that displays field site data and lidar-derived floodplain and stream channel geomorphic...