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In a new study, USGS scientists reconstruct 500 years of fire history in the dry-conifer forests of northern New Mexico’s Jemez Mountains.

A new publication advances our understanding of how the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field and geyser basins have changed over thousands of years. 

A new USGS study documents an unprecedented decline in two planktic foraminifera species from 2017-2020 in the northern Gulf. 

USGS scientists are using geochemical proxies to reconstruct past ocean conditions and better understand long-term changes to Earth's marine...

The USGS and partners are developing an AI-based tool capable of detecting dead and dying giant sequoia trees from high-resolution remote sensing...

By Annalise Blum

Public Policy Institute of California, June 25, 2026

USGS scientist Dr. Jessica Rodysill was interviewed in a Northern News Now story highlighting how sediment layers collected from Minnesota’s Lake...

Increasing modern fire is occurring against the backdrop of a large fire deficit created by fire exclusion since circa 1900. In a new study...