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

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.

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

Or...How to Find USGS Earthquake Information Quickly!

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck offshore of Namie, Japan on March 16, 2022 at 11:36 pm local time (March 16 14:36 UTC).

Without data standardization, big data are a big mess. Using existing data standards helps make big data useful and more equitable. USGS scientist...

USGS Science is Refining eDNA Techniques and Developing New Applications 

A century of ranching severely damaged Santa Rosa Island’s rich plant diversity. A new study finds that native plant species are recovering after...

A new U.S. Geological Survey study indicates that the Hawaiian Islands, especially the Island of Hawaiʻi and neighboring islands with active volcanic...