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RESTON, Va. – Low-level airplane flights will begin in early October over eastern California and a sliver of western Nevada to image geology using...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey has released an updated database showing known U.S. deposits of 59 critical minerals needed to strengthen the...

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USGS has selected 16 recipients to be awarded grant funding to address landslide risk reduction science. The grants will help advance landslide...

USGS monitors, studies, and supports landslide research across the United States, striving to better understand these hazards while also helping...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level flights by airplane and helicopter over southern and central New Mexico to image geology...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today released Version 2.0 of the Cooperative National Geologic Map, expanding coverage to include Alaska...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have released the first statewide map depicting the geology at...

RESTON, Va. – Low-level airplane flights will begin as soon as late July over eastern Kansas to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. 

Any number of satellites can show us what the Earth’s surface looks like now—but only the Landsat Program can reveal more than 50 years of change. We...