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Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology of Sioux Falls, larger tri-state region

Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology of Sioux Falls, larger tri-state region

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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End of an era: Historic Landsat 7 mission takes final images

End of an era: Historic Landsat 7 mission takes final images

RESTON, Va. — After more than 132,000 trips around the Earth and more than 3.3 million satellite images under its belt, the work of the Landsat 7...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding advances geologic data collection in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding advances geologic data collection in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey has announced it will invest approximately $5.3 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect...

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USGS announces new consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers

USGS announces new consortia for North Central and Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Centers

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey has finalized agreements with universities, Tribal organizations and non-governmental organizations to...

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USGS experts forecast Francine to result in coastal change in Texas and Louisiana

USGS experts forecast Francine to result in coastal change in Texas and Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Francine is expected to bring coastal change to portions of the Texas and Louisiana coasts, causing erosion, overwash of sand...

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New USGS map shows where landslides are most likely to occur in U.S.

New USGS map shows where landslides are most likely to occur in U.S.

Landslides are a common hazard in the US. In fact, nearly 44% of the country could experience one, potentially catastrophically. Our new national...

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Un nuevo mapa del USGS muestra dónde es más probable que ocurran deslizamientos de tierra en el país

Un nuevo mapa del USGS muestra dónde es más probable que ocurran deslizamientos de tierra en el país

Los deslizamientos de tierra son un peligro común en Estados Unidos. De hecho, casi el 44% del país podría experimentar uno, potencialmente...

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USGS mapping of western mule deer migration featured in new global atlas

USGS mapping of western mule deer migration featured in new global atlas

RESTON, Va. — The longest mule deer migration on record, the focus of a long-term USGS study, is one of 20 large mammal migrations included in the...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of south-central New Mexico

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of south-central New Mexico

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology over parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa

Media Alert: Low-level airplane flights to image geology over parts of Nebraska, Kansas, and Iowa

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over Wyoming’s Laramie Mountains

Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over Wyoming’s Laramie Mountains

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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The scoop on what USGS hopes to find in a Summit County trench

The scoop on what USGS hopes to find in a Summit County trench

RSVP requested to Heidi Koehler by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, hkoehler@usgs.gov, 720-320-1246  

 

If you’d like to speak with a USGS scientist before...

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