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PFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

USGS-led study also analyzed potential contaminant sources

USGS Crews in Vermont are documenting the extent of flooding from the recent heavy rain event

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Alabama

New science informs extent of hexavalent chromium groundwater plumes in Hinkley Valley

Páginas bilingües resaltan la ciencia de peligros naturales del USGS en Puerto Rico

Bilingual webpages highlight USGS natural hazards science in Puerto Rico

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map critical mineral resources in Nevada and Oregon

Research across the Silver State will provide data to improve knowledge of mineral resources vital to a range of industries and the Nation’s economy.

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helps map underground geology across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia

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September 29, 2023

Media Alert: Low-Level Airplane Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southeastern Arizona

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

September 29, 2023

Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee

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

September 29, 2023

Media Alert: Low-Level Airplane Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Minnesota

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

September 22, 2023

Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Idaho and Montana

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

September 22, 2023

Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Northwestern New York

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

August 24, 2023

Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southwestern Colorado

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

August 22, 2023

PFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

Water samples from 161 Pennsylvania rivers and streams were tested for 33 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and 76% of the studied streams...

August 11, 2023

Media Alert: The WSGS and USGS announce low-level helicopter flights near Laramie, Wyoming

Scientists with the Wyoming State Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical...

August 11, 2023

USGS hydrologic study to use non-toxic green dye in Lake Fork Creek

LEADVILLE, Colo.--The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting a dye-tracing study in Lake Fork Creek, west of Leadville, Colorado, and just...

July 31, 2023

MEDIA ALERT: One of Colorado’s deadliest natural disasters on record began 47 years ago today

In the early evening of July 31, 1976, the day prior to Colorado’s centennial, a year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes over the headwaters of the...

July 26, 2023

Biofuel crop expansion contributes to loss of grassland birds in North Dakota, study finds

Recent shifts from small grain agriculture to biofuel feedstocks affected grassland birds more negatively than did oil and gas development

July 20, 2023

USGS and partners deploy autonomous vehicles on lakes Michigan and Huron to improve fishery assessments

Sailing drone will traverse the lakes late-July through September