Science Snippets

On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 PM, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit near Loma Prieta, CA., shaking the San Francisco and Monterey Bay regions. The...

U.S. Geological Survey scientists at the Pacific Island Water Science Center explore water availability on the Hawaiian Islands.

Imagine you could use just a few drops of water to know what sorts of animals and plants were present in an area. What an incredible tool this would...

The discovery of a previously-unknown population of threatened Ringed Map Turtles was released April 30

Around the West, efforts to conserve and restore riparian habitats have primarily focused on trout and salmon. USGS science is showing that some...

Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, including the possibility of damaging earthquakes along the northeastern...

When water temperatures drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it can mean life or death for Endangered Species Act-protected sea turtles. But scientists...

For months, USGS monitoring had shown that Mauna Loa was inching close to an eruption. Just before midnight on Sunday, November 27, 2022, the wait was...

The ocean covers 71% of Earth’s surface. We know only a small fraction of what the land beneath the waves looks like.

Hundreds of years ago, cobalt was thought to be a goblin that ruined silver mines and made miners ill. Now it’s a valued mineral commodity in its own...