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    Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. Northeast side of Lassen Peak, showing the area devastated by mudflows and a lateral
    Date published: May 21, 2015

    Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914 to 1917 — A Centennial Commemoration

    2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the May 22, 1915 explosive volcanic eruption of Lassen Peak in northern California. 

    Sustaining
    Date published: May 20, 2015

    Happy Earth Day 2015

    The USGS is joining people across the world to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, 2015. To help build environmental awareness, the USGS has outlined some of the critical issues facing our planet as well as science projects underway to address these challenges.

    Small bees that don’t bother or sting us can remain unstudied despite their abundance. Our eyes can’t resolve the differences in
    Date published: May 19, 2015

    Pollinators Get a National Strategy to Restore Their Health

    Small bees that don’t bother or sting us can remain unstudied despite their abundance. 

    Attribution: Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS)
    Image: Aerial View of Subsiding Marshes in the Mississippi River Delta
    Date published: May 14, 2015

    Wetlands in a Changing World: Wading into Science for American Wetlands Month!

    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 nutrients, pollutants, and sediment from water and acting as natural buffers to floodwaters. In 1991...

    Attribution: Climate Adaptation Science Centers
    Map depicting more than 100 aftershocks that have occurred since the magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 2015. To dat
    Date published: May 12, 2015

    Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake in Nepal Aftershocks

    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.

    Native copper. The USGS studies processes that form copper deposits and reports global production and consumption.
    Date published: May 12, 2015

    No Silver Bullet, But a Silver Lining

    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.

    Attribution: Mineral Resources Program
    Image: Fourmile Canyon Creek
    Date published: April 28, 2015

    Prepared > Scared

    Are you one in a million? The USGS is part of the millions participating on April 30 for America’s PrepareAthon! You should join too.

    Image: Snowpack is Essential for Mountain and Lower Elevation Landscapes
    Date published: April 15, 2015

    April Showers may Bring May Flowers, but Winter Snow is Water in the Bank

    The type of precipitation falling from the sky matters, especially for delicate mountain ecosystems.

    Attribution: Colorado Water Science Center, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, California Water Science Center
    Image: NIPSCO Coal Power Plant Cooling Tower
    Date published: April 10, 2015

    The Water-Energy Nexus: An Earth Science Perspective

    Along with many countries around the world, the United States faces two significant, and sometimes competing, challenges: (1) providing sustainable supplies of freshwater for humans and ecosystems and (2) ensuring adequate sources of energy for future generations. 

    Copper Plate Engraver
    Date published: 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  geographic quadrangle maps at several map scales.

    The most downloaded US Topo map: Washington DC (West) quadrangle with orthoimage layer turned on – 2014 revision
    Date published: 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 Maps in the past six years. 

    Image: Afghanistan's Colorful Mountain Ranges
    Date published: March 16, 2015

    Secretly Stashed Afghanistan Gold Maps Emerge

    USGS scientists realized that it was not enough to produce maps and reports that would gather dust if  no one was trained to use them.

    Attribution: Mineral Resources Program
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