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A new study from the USGS assesses water quality data for the Juniata River Basin in Western Blair County, Pennsylvania.

These are the first published studies to demonstrate water-quality impacts to a surface stream due to activities at an unconventional oil and gas...

Researchers have figured out what makes certain chemicals  accumulate to toxic levels in aquatic food webs. And, scientists have developed a screening...

The world's largest breeding population of ospreys is coping well with the long-lasting residues of toxic chemicals that were banned decades ago but...

Scientists have collected and analyzed 84 environmental samples to establish baseline data prior to any active uranium mining activities at the Canyon...

USGS scientists have detected toxins known as microcystins produced by various forms of algae in 39 percent of the small streams assessed throughout...

WASHINGTON—The President’s fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey reflects the USGS's vital role in addressing some of...

The U.S. Geological Survey is implementing new measures that will improve public access to USGS-funded science as detailed in its new public access...

Between 1990 and 2010, global mercury emissions from manmade sources declined 30 percent, according to a new analysis by Harvard University, Peking...

Medical Geology is an earth science specialty that concerns how geologic materials and earth processes affect human health.