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A powerful new tool can provide farmers and ranchers in the arid Great Plains region with critical, early indications of oncoming drought.

Visit our new USGS fire webpage to learn how USGS fire science is making a difference

Attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in New Orleans? Don't miss these presentations from staff and partners from our...

Inland fisheries are critical for preventing poverty and ensuring sustainable livelihoods – but their contributions are often overlooked, say USGS...

Undertaking scientific projects that are useful to people - specifically land and natural resource managers - is an important part of Jeremy Littell's...

A team of researchers, including two from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, have developed and proposed a new definition of drought that integrates...

A new paper from Northeast CSC scientists synthesizes information on ecological thresholds for 45 key species of coastal fish, wildlife, and plants.

Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California demonstrate that the state is experiencing an increasingly...

A growing number of wildfire-burned areas throughout the western United States are expected to increase soil erosion rates within watersheds, causing...

Following an open competition and extensive review by scientific experts, host institutions and consortium partners have been selected for the Alaska...