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USGS has selected 12 recipients to be awarded grant funding in FY2025 to address landslide risk reduction science. The grants will help advance...

The research will inform conservation planning for aquatic plants and mussels

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey has announced it will invest approximately $3.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect...

RESTON, VA. — The U.S. Geological Survey used cutting-edge Earth science to publish the first off-planet mineral prospectivity map – assessing likely...

Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS field crew as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista.  

U.S. Geological Survey scientists are monitoring flooding on the Mendenhall River as water releases from Suicide Basin’s glacier-dammed lake.

RESTON, VA – The U.S. Geological Survey has invited states to compete for $5 million in cooperative agreements to find critical minerals needed to...

Reston, Va. — The USGS released projections for world production capacity for seven critical minerals and helium for the next five years in the first...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) today released the National Water Availability Assessment, a pioneering scientific overview of water...

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered gas and oil in the Haynesville Formation underlying the...