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USGS’ pixel-by-pixel land use forecasts offer essential road maps for restoration. 

U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners are taking technology to the next level, using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones...

Today, in 1980, Mount St. Helens unleashed the most devastating eruption in U.S. history. Two years later, USGS founded the Cascades Volcano...

Early on the morning of August 24, 2014, Loren Turner was awoken by clattering window blinds, a moving bed, and the sound of water splashing out of...

Gary Moore spent the last three days of 2015 stacking hefty bags of sand in front of a fellow church member’s brick home. With only 1,000 feet between...

Despite two centuries of scientific study, basic questions persist about geysers—why do they exist? What determines their behavior?

Take the USGS quiz — just 10 questions — to see how much you know about natural hazards.

While major geomagnetic storms are rare, with only a few recorded per century, there is significant potential for large-scale impacts when they do...

The world’s oceans are vital to life on Earth. They provide food, moderate the climate, water the land, and drive the local and global economy. But...

For more than two decades, researchers, geologists, and investors had no idea they were standing above tremendous wealth. Thousands of feet deep...