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Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS crew as they work in the field to install storm-tide sensors before Hurricane Florence’s arrival?

If so...

A new genetic analysis of invasive pythons captured across South Florida finds the big constrictors are closely related to one another. In fact, most...

The public can now access information about active wildfires across the country using a smartphone.

Coastal cliffs from Santa Barbara to San Diego might crumble at more than twice the historical rate by the year 2100 as sea levels rise.

Nineteen inundation maps and detailed flood information from Hurricane Harvey are now available from the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with...

The Eagle Ford Group of Texas contains estimated means of 8.5 billion barrels of oil, 66 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 1.9 billion barrels...

Reductions in water use first observed in 2010 continue, show ongoing effort towards “efficient use of critical water resources.”

A new statistical approach to disease surveillance may improve scientists’ and managers’ ability to detect chronic wasting disease earlier in white...

NOAA's annual prediction based on USGS data

An ecosystem services approach combined with adaptive decision-making can aid land and resource managers in administering their regions for the...