News

Filter Total Items: 2747

Node Release Date

States

Fulltext search

March 30, 2015

USGS Seeks Proposals for Earthquake Science

The U.S. Geological Survey expects to award up to $7 million in grants for earthquake hazards research in 2016.

Read Article

March 30, 2015

New Report Indicates Potential for Five Times Known Copper Deposits Yet to Be Found in Central Asia

SPOKANE, Wash. — A new U.S. Geological Survey report covering major parts of the world’s largest mountain belt in central Asia estimates the existence...

Read Article

March 30, 2015

USGS Engravings Offered to the Public

From the 1880s to the 1950s, the U. S. Geological Survey used engraved copper plates in the process of printing many thousands of topographic and ...

Read Article

March 25, 2015

Home on the California Range, Year 2100: Land Use and Climate Change Could Impact Wildlife, Water Supplies

Grassland habitats on rangelands in California’s Central Valley and surrounding foothills could decline by as much as 37 percent by 2100 due to...

Read Article

March 25, 2015

National Wetlands Research Center to Merge

The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette and the Southeast Ecological Science Center in Gainesville, Florida will...

Read Article

March 25, 2015

Southeast Ecological Science Center to Merge

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Southeast Ecological Science Center in Gainesville and the National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette, Louisiana will...

Read Article

March 25, 2015

Appalachian Basin Energy Resources — A New Look at an Old Basin

Appalachian coal and petroleum resources are still available in sufficient quantities to contribute significantly to fulfilling the nation’s energy...

Read Article

March 25, 2015

Some Shallow-Groundwater Wells Affected by Bio-Based Fertilizers

Some shallow-groundwater wells next to or downhill from Orange County agricultural fields treated with bio-based fertilizers have nitrate levels above...

Read Article

March 25, 2015

First Round of Lidar BAA Awards Released

The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program is pleased to announce the first round of awards resulting from the USGS Broad Agency...

Read Article

March 24, 2015

Media Advisory: Public Invitation: What’s the Status of Water in South Dakota?

Media and the public are invited to attend a free meeting and field trips about South Dakota water issues on April 15 and 16 in Rapid City.

Read Article

March 24, 2015

Laboratory Study Shows Future Generations of Fish Affected by Endocrine Disruptor Exposure

Fish exposed to the endocrine-disrupting chemicals bisphenol A (BPA) or 17a-ethinylestradiol (EE2) in a laboratory have been found to pass adverse...

Read Article

March 23, 2015

More Than 18 Million Served

The U.S. Geological Survey, through the National Geospatial Program, has delivered more than 18 million US Topo quadrangles and Historic Topographic...

Read Article