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The U.S. Geological Survey recently released a new Volcano Hazards Program Strategic Science Plan for 2022-2026.

What better way to mark Earth Day than with a listicle all about USGS science for our changing world?

Media and the public are invited to a free meeting about critical South Dakota-area water issues on Thursday, April 27, in Rapid City, South Dakota.

It’s a pale blue dot. It’s also a landscape of jagged peaks and valleys beneath fluffy white clouds. It's a vast field of wispy green grasses and a...

The type of precipitation falling from the sky matters, especially for delicate mountain ecosystems.

Community members and the news media are invited to join a public meeting to discuss potential options for restoring Molokaʻi’s coastal wetlands.

Declining water levels in Lake Powell since 2000 provide a unique opportunity to study the sediments along previous shorelines. Researchers from the...

Volcanoes are an incredible feature of Earth’s geologic environment – at once awe-inspiring and terrifying. They remind us that the planet we call...

The Oregon Department of Water Resources and USGS have published a new groundwater-flow study for the southwestern Oregon’s Harney Basin aquifer...

Increasing summertime temperatures in the deserts of the southwest United States may be making it harder for lichens, an important member of the soil...