Science Snippets

There’s an old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. At the USGS, we’re taking another look at old mine waste and tailings to see if...

 Featuring another dedicated and prolific citizen science volunteer who, as part of The National Map Corps, is helping to map the Nation.

USGS Fire Science is fundamental to understanding the causes, consequences, and benefits of wildfire and helps prevent and manage larger, catastrophic...

Program coordinators are now accepting applications for the 2019 Appalachian Geoscience GeoCamp

As our cruise ends, lead scientist Amanda Demopoulos brings it all together and charts the path forward

Usually when scientists do research, they go into the field, take samples, then bring them back to the lab. University of North Carolina at Chapel...

The National Geospatial Technical Operations Centers in Rolla, Missouri and Lakewood, Colorado are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their current...

An engaged volunteer of The National Map Corps crowdsourcing program tells his story about the citizen science project.

An unexpected thing happened on the way to publishing a geology research paper recently.

Today, the USGS and partnering organizations are embarking on a trip down the Green and Colorado rivers to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the...