National News Releases

This is the second-largest assessment of potential shale & tight gas resources that the USGS has ever conducted.

The USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and Department of the Interior Climate Science Centers have been awarded honorable...

Looking ahead at the water cycle.

A graduate student at The University of Toledo is the first researcher to find direct proof of grass carp, a type of invasive Asian carp, spawning in...

New USGS models help predict storm effects on beaches

As the 2016 hurricane season opens, weather forecasters, emergency managers and coastal residents...

Fate of Alaska's large carbon reserves could affect greenhouse gas concentration.

First-of-its-kind survey shows that algal toxins are found nationwide

Evaluating the predictions associated with climate change just became easier with the development of new statistical methods designed to assess the...

A new global geologic map of Mars –the most thorough representation of the "Red Planet's" surface – has been published by the U.S. Geological Survey...

At least one pharmaceutical chemical was detected in all 59 streams sampled