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Wetlands across the U.S. and around the world act as a crucial link between land and water, providing a number of services such as removing excess...

USGS has released a preliminary methodology to assess the population level impacts of onshore wind energy development on birds and bats. This wind...

May is Volcano Preparedness Month in Washington state, providing residents an opportunity to become more familiar with volcanic risk in their...

New research can help water resource managers quantify critical groundwater resources and assess the sustainability of long-term water use in...

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on April 25, 2015 at 06:11:26 UTC. Visit the USGS event page to learn more about this earthquake.

Once so cheap it was used for pennies, copper is now so valuable that pennies contain almost no copper and they still cost more than one cent to make...

Scientists have discovered that the diversity of a threatened native trout species will likely decrease due to future climate change. 

The latest coal resource assessment of the Powder River Basin showcases the newly revised USGS’ assessment methodology, which, for the first time...

Mining companies, land managers, and regulators now have a wealth of tools to aid in reducing potential mining impacts even before the mine gets...

In a study of 13 hydraulically fractured shale gas wells in north-central Pennsylvania, USGS researchers found that the microbiology and organic...