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President Proposes $860 Million USGS Budget for FY2019
Budget Focuses on Priorities Supporting American Resource Prosperity and Security
January 23, 2018 M7.9 Gulf of Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami
One week ago, on January 23rd at 12:31 a.m. local time, Alaskans were rocked by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake, with an epicenter in the Gulf of Alaska, about 350 miles southwest of Anchorage, and about 175 miles southeast of Kodiak Island.
USGS Geologists Join Efforts in Montecito to Assess Debris-Flow Aftermath
Days after fatal debris flows devastated Southern California’s Montecito community, a team of U.S. Geological Survey geologists joined county, state, and federal partners to survey and evaluate the aftermath.
Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake Gulf of Alaska
The USGS has up-to-date details on the January 23, 2018 event.
Scientists, volunteers rescue about 1,000 cold-stunned sea turtles
Florida's second-largest turtle rescue of 21st century is “exhausting, inspiring,” USGS biologist says
USGS Scientist Mobilizes with Recon Team to Learn from Mexico's Earthquake Early Warning System
USGS seismologist Elizabeth Cochran studied the performance of Mexico City’s earthquake early warning system, during devastating Sept. 19, 2017 event
Re-Assessing Alaska's Energy Frontier
Less than 80 miles from Prudhoe Bay, home to the giant oil fields that feed the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, lies the site of USGS’ latest oil and gas assessment: the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and adjacent areas. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the NPR-A covers 22.8 million acres, more than the entire state of South Carolina.
Critical Minerals of the United States
It would be no exaggeration to say that without minerals, no aspect of our daily lives would be possible.
Saving Salamanders: Vital to Ecosystem Health
Amphibians—the big-eyed, swimming-crawling-jumping-climbing group of water and land animals that includes frogs, toads, salamanders and worm-like caecilians—are the world’s most endangered vertebrates.
The Quality of the Nation’s Groundwater: Progress on a National Survey
The U.S. Geological Survey is near the midpoint of a complex undertaking to survey the quality of the nation’s largest drinking-water resource.
Current website: https://www.usgs.gov/news/quality-nation-s-groundwater-progress-a-nation...
Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake near Dover, Delaware
The USGS has up-to-date details on the November 30, 2017 event.
Revisiting the Oso Landslide
"Gravity Never Sleeps": The USGS collaborates with community partners for a series of briefings on Capitol Hill to discuss national landslide hazards.