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Austin Coal-Tar Sealant Ban Leads to Decline in PAHs

Austin Coal-Tar Sealant Ban Leads to Decline in PAHs

The 2006 prohibition on the use of coal-tar-based pavement sealants in Austin, Texas, has resulted in a substantial reduction in polycyclic aromatic...

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Well-Water for 80,000 New Hampshire Residents May contain Metals Exceeding Human Health Standards

Well-Water for 80,000 New Hampshire Residents May contain Metals Exceeding Human Health Standards

Nearly three-in-ten well-water samples tested from southeast New Hampshire contained metals at concentrations that exceeded U.S. Environmental...
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Natural Gas Development Not Expected to Have Substantial Impact on Sediment Entering Brewer Lake

Natural Gas Development Not Expected to Have Substantial Impact on Sediment Entering Brewer Lake

Increasing the density -- the amount per square mile -- of natural gas drilling sites and associated ponds in the Cypress Creek basin is not expected...
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Land-Subsidence Trends in the Coachella Valley Detailed in New Report

Land-Subsidence Trends in the Coachella Valley Detailed in New Report

While most of the Coachella Valley was relatively stable, land surfaces declined about nine inches to two feet in some areas of Palm Desert, Indian...
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Measuring Landscape Disturbance of Gas Exploration in Nine Pennsylvania counties

Measuring Landscape Disturbance of Gas Exploration in Nine Pennsylvania counties

Landscape change in Pennsylvania's Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Huntingdon, and Luzerne counties resulting from...
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Land-Subsidence Trends in the Coachella Valley Detailed in New Report

Land-Subsidence Trends in the Coachella Valley Detailed in New Report

While most of the Coachella Valley was relatively stable, land surfaces declined about nine inches to two feet in some areas of Palm Desert, Indian...
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Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear

Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear

The first "point of view" video from a polar bear on Arctic sea ice has just become available courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey. 

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Discover the Northwest with Revised Montana Maps

Discover the Northwest with Revised Montana Maps

Just in time to explore the great outdoors this summer, newly designed US Topo maps covering Montana are now available online for free download.

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Decreased Pollution Has Mixed Effects on Minnesota Lakes

Decreased Pollution Has Mixed Effects on Minnesota Lakes

Methylmercury contamination is decreasing in some lakes in northern Minnesota as a result of reduced mercury pollution, according to a U.S. Geological...
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Ultra-violet Light Works as Screening Tool for Bats with White-nose Syndrome.

Ultra-violet Light Works as Screening Tool for Bats with White-nose Syndrome.

Scientists working to understand the devastating bat disease known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) now have a new, non-lethal tool to identify bats with...

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Media Advisory: Fish Science Is Helping Us Do More Than Just Put Seafood On The Dinner Table

Media Advisory: Fish Science Is Helping Us Do More Than Just Put Seafood On The Dinner Table

Can better understanding fish diseases help to create much sought-after cures for human diseases such as Hepatitis C?
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Map Store Closes, Moves Online

Map Store Closes, Moves Online

The U.S. Geological Survey is reducing its footprint on the Alaska Pacific University campus by closing the Map Store @ USGS to lower rent costs. The...

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