Science Snippets

Curators’ Casebook is our ongoing series in which we look at some of the curious cases USGS curators at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural...

Coastal ecosystems, like wetlands, may be smaller in size when compared to say, a forest, but they have the ability to sequester more carbon per unit...

Soil is more than just a substrate we walk on

These water-dwelling plants are found in aquatic ecosystems, including wetlands.

Scientifically speaking, sequestration refers to the capture and storage of an element, like carbon, in the environment.   

What happens when a 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Puerto Rico and the public needs critical information? How does a mostly English-speaking science...

A young citizen science volunteer and avid trail enthusiast enjoys “giving back” by helping to map the Nation.

As Hurricane Laura came ashore near the Texas and Louisiana borders, its strong winds pushed so much water ahead of it that the Neches River even...

A dedicated and prolific citizen science volunteer with The National Map Corps endorses participation in TNMCorps project.

Far underground, in a Wyoming well-bore drilled through rock and coal, exciting research is bubbling up. USGS researchers are studying how bacteria...