National News Releases

USGS-USDA Modeling Research Show Up to 34% Reduction in Nitrogen from Agricultural Conservation Practices

“These results suggest that waterfowl populations in the western boreal forest are resilient to forest fires and that current policies of limited fire...

The thawing of the planet’s permafrost is replumbing arctic environments, creating several hydrologic consequences and possibly some opportunities...

Hypoxic zone size affected by low river flow and nutrient loading

Outlook incorporates multiple hypoxia models for the second year

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...