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USGS recently released 42 years (1981-2023) of scanned field notebooks from long-term research and monitoring in the Loch Vale Watershed, Rocky...

High-quality field data on wetlands are essential for managing these important environments, but wetlands are inherently difficult to study. USGS...

How scientists use “tree cookies” and “root cookies” to study ecosystems

Reconstructing patterns of extreme precipitation beyond the instrumental record to help managers be better prepared for what is possible.

The USGS is home to one of the largest, most multidisciplinary groups of scientists who unravel mysteries of the past, and help project future...

DENVER — Hotter areas can actually be the biggest winners when it comes to the difference a tree can make when temperatures are sizzling. 

DENVER — Las regiones más cálidas pueden ser las que más se benefician cuando se trata de la diferencia que puede hacer un árbol cuando las...

After over a century of human-driven fire suppression in the American Southwest, forest fires in recent decades are growing in extent and severity...

The volume of water rushing in a river, also known as streamflow, naturally changes based on seasonal fluctuations of temperature and precipitation.