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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...

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level helicopter flights over northeastern Nevada to image geology using airborne geophysical...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a new portrait of the nation from space. 

As fireworks burst across the sky this Fourth of July in celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday, each vivid streak of color can be traced back to...

The USGS will run a dye‑tracing study in Lake Fork Creek, west of Leadville, Colorado, June 25–26, 2026, releasing a non‑toxic dye between 7–9 a.m...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of undiscovered gas and oil in the Buda Limestone formation near the Texas Gulf Coast...

RESTON, Va. — The southern Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 1.43 million metric tons of undiscovered...

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level helicopter flights over southern Colorado to image geology using airborne geophysical...

RESTON, Va.  – The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level airplane flights over eastern North Dakota and small nearby areas of Minnesota and South...