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Acadia National Park Stream Crossings Assessed for Erosion Potential, Flood Vulnerability

Acadia National Park Stream Crossings Assessed for Erosion Potential, Flood Vulnerability

Acadia National Park has had stronger and more frequent precipitation events in recent years, leading to a rise in high, infrastructure-damaging...

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Low Streamflow in Massachusetts Affected by Climate and Human Activity

Low Streamflow in Massachusetts Affected by Climate and Human Activity

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigated possible reasons for why Massachusetts has set record low streamflows recently even though climate...

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Lithium in Eastern States Could Replace Imports for a Century or More

Lithium in Eastern States Could Replace Imports for a Century or More

RESTON, Va. — The Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically...

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New Nationwide Tool Helps Answer: Do We Have Enough Water?

New Nationwide Tool Helps Answer: Do We Have Enough Water?

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released the first nationwide tool to help water planners determine if communities have enough water for...

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USGS Investigates Groundwater Drought Metrics Across the United States

USGS Investigates Groundwater Drought Metrics Across the United States

In a pioneering study led by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), researchers analyzed groundwater levels across the conterminous United States to see...

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Climate-Scenario Project to Inform New England Farming Industry

Climate-Scenario Project to Inform New England Farming Industry

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is working to predict how temperature and precipitation changes over the next few decades could impact the water...

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New User’s Guide to Updated Hydrographic Framework

New User’s Guide to Updated Hydrographic Framework

The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR) is a powerful suite of geospatial datasets that enable scientists to map and study...

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Boats, Trains, and Automobiles: A Historic Snapshot of Connecticut River Infrastructure

Boats, Trains, and Automobiles: A Historic Snapshot of Connecticut River Infrastructure

Looking across the Connecticut River from a USGS streamgage in Suffield, Connecticut, you can see structural remnants from the past and present...

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Drought Watch Expanded to 40 Pennsylvania Counties

Drought Watch Expanded to 40 Pennsylvania Counties

USGS groundwater and surface water monitoring data contributed to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PaDEP) January 8, 2026...

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USGS Develops Finer-Scale Approach to Find Areas of High Nitrogen Input to Groundwater

USGS Develops Finer-Scale Approach to Find Areas of High Nitrogen Input to Groundwater

A recent study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) demonstrates that measuring nitrogen in stream reaches can identify areas where decreasing...

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