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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. 

No, it’s not a sports drink for leeches, although that’s what it sounds like. Leachate is the solution (or suspension) that forms when liquid travels...

For the first time, land and resource managers in the Great Lakes will be able to distinguish between the various sources of mercury in the...

Fish health may be affected by pharmaceuticals in treated wastewater released into streams and other water bodies, according to a recent laboratory...

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey details that even after the storage and/or treatment of leachate – liquid waste that moves through or...

USGS scientists have conducted the first-ever field measurements of anammox activity in groundwater, demonstrating that nitrogen removal from...

According to the first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees, native bees are exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other...

Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the U.S. Geological Survey today jointly announced a partnership to address regional challenges from natural hazards...