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Bienvenidos Puerto Rico! (Español)

Bienvenidos Puerto Rico! (Español)

Desde agosto de 2013, cada uno de los 50 estados se han encontrado disponible para editarse dentro del USGS (“United States Geological Survey”, por...
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Visualize This: Carbon Storage Tool for Now and the Future

Visualize This: Carbon Storage Tool for Now and the Future

Announced on the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan (310 KB PDF; page 16 - Providing a Toolkit for Climage Resilience), a...

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Carbon Storage in U.S. Eastern Ecosystems Helps Counter Greenhouse Gas Emissions Contributing to Climate Change

Carbon Storage in U.S. Eastern Ecosystems Helps Counter Greenhouse Gas Emissions Contributing to Climate Change

On the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a new report showing that...

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NOAA, Partners Predict an Average ’Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico; Slightly Above-average Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay

NOAA, Partners Predict an Average ’Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico; Slightly Above-average Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay

Scientists are expecting an average, but still large, hypoxic or "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico this year, and slightly above-average hypoxia in...

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Into the Abyss: Deep-sea Corals Thriving without Light

Into the Abyss: Deep-sea Corals Thriving without Light

June is recognized as National Oceans Month in the United States. Join USGS Oceanographer Dr. Nancy Prouty to hear about scientific studies of deep...
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USGS Streamgage Measures Significant Flooding in St. Paul

USGS Streamgage Measures Significant Flooding in St. Paul

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring significant flooding on the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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