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For the first time, new USGS maps identify the potential for ground shaking from both human-induced and natural earthquakes in 2016.

After more than three years of monitoring the towering granite cliffs of Yosemite National Park, scientists have new insights into a potentially...

USGS scientists Haiping Qi and Tyler Coplen were key contributors, among 24 contributing scientists, to a recently completed international project to...

US Geological Survey water science specialists are in the field assisting flood relief work in Louisiana by documenting the extent of historic, long...

How 3D Elevation Can Benefit Each State and Puerto Rico

The USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC) recently completed and launched a new and improved interface, making USGS data more accessible and discoverable...

The Central Asia Salt Basin of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan has the potential to contain between 39 and 54 billion metric tons...

Water quality in Connecticut streams flowing into Long Island Sound has steadily improved over the last 40 years, according to a new U.S. Geological...

New research can help water managers along the Rio Grande make wise decisions about how to best use the flow of a river vital for drinking water...