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- ecosystems and predicting ecosystem changes
- climate change
- water issues
- natural hazards
- wildlife and human health
- energy and minerals
and much more.
To learn more about the wealth of science the USGS has to offer, visit http://usgs.gov
The USGS is a Federal earth science agency that studies:
- ecosystems and predicting ecosystem changes
- climate change
- water issues
- natural hazards
- wildlife and human health
- energy and minerals
and much more.
To learn more about the wealth of science the USGS has to offer, visit http://usgs.gov
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When the MESSENGER spacecraft completed its third and final fly-by of Mercury in September, cartographic experts from the U. S. Geological Survey used the imagery captured to complete a mosaic showing the 55 percent of the planet never seen by...
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Earthquake Early Warning System Possible - 2 days ago
An earthquake early warning system for California is feasible in coming years, according to research...
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New Discoveries Could Improve Climate Projections - 5 days ago
New discoveries about the deep ocean’s temperature variability and circulation system could help...
- Shaking and Tweeting: The USGS Twitter Earthquake Detection Program - 2 days ago
- 125th Anniversary of Topographic Mapping - 5 days ago
- Chasing Brutus -- The North Pole Wolf - 2 weeks ago
- Tsunami Research Keeping People Safe - 4 weeks ago
- Too Much of a Good Thing: Increasing Nitrogen Deposition in Lakes - 1 month ago
- When will the USGS's digital US Topo maps become available for the whole country, or an area specific to my need? - 1 week ago
- What is the difference between a tsunami and a tidal wave? - 1 month ago
- How you define safe water? - 3 months ago
- Why are there no contours on the "Digital Map - Beta"? - yesterday
- How do I download the new US Topo maps? - 1 week ago
We've launched the USGS Social Media page.! To keep up with everything USGS is doing on Twitter, YouTube, and more, visit http://usgs.gov/socialmedia.
- M 5.6, Kermadec Islands region - 5 hours ago
- M 5.7, South Sandwich Islands region - 14 hours ago
- M 5.1, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand - yesterday
- M 5.2, West Chile Rise - yesterday
- M 6.0, Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea - 2 days ago
- M 5.5, Timor region, Indonesia - 2 days ago
- M 5.0, Alamagan region, Northern Mariana Islands - 2 days ago
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow Warning for Southern California - 3 days ago
- Flash Flood Warning for the Santiago Fire in Orange County - 1 year ago
- Flash Flood Warning for Southwestern San Bernardino, North-Central Orange, and Northwestern Riverside Counties in Southwest California - 1 year ago
- Flash Flood Warning for the Burned Areas in eastern Ventura, and western Los Angeles Counties, California - 1 year ago
- Flash Flood Warning for the Burned Areas in Santa Barbara County, California - 1 year ago
- Kilauea Daily Update issued Dec 15, 2009 09:40 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
- Long Valley Volcanic Center Daily Update issued Dec 15, 2009 09:26 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
- Kilauea Daily Update issued Dec 14, 2009 08:35 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
- Long Valley Volcanic Center Daily Update issued Dec 14, 2009 09:52 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
- Holocene Record of Major and Trace Components in the Sediments of an Urban Impoundment on the Mississippi River: Lake Pepin, Minnesota and Wisconsin - yesterday
- Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Source Water of Selected Community Water Systems that Use Groundwater, 2002-05 - 4 days ago
- Development, Testing, and Application of a Coupled Hydrodynamic Surface-Water/Groundwater Model (FTLOADDS) with Heat and Salinity Transport in the Ten Thousand Islands/Picayune Strand Restoration Project Area, Florida - 4 days ago
- Groundwater Quality Data for the Northern Sacramento Valley, 2007: Results from the California GAMA Program - 4 days ago
- Holocene Core Logs and Site Statistics for Modern Patch-Reef Cores: Biscayne National Park, Florida - 4 days ago
- Mineral-Resource Assessment of Northern Nye County, Nevada - A Progress Report - 4 days ago
- Mineral-resource Assessment of Northern Nye County, Nevada-a Progress Report - 4 days ago
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