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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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In this edition of Science Picks, learn how scientists are forecasting hazards like volcanoes and landslides, and read about a wolf named Brutus, who emails scientists from the North Pole! Also check out research on ancient salt mines, scientists...
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Pecora Award Recognizes Stellar Achievements in Earth Observation - 5 days ago
The prestigious 2009 William T. Pecora Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of...
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New mosaic of Mercury shows previously unseen features - 1 week ago
When the MESSENGER spacecraft completed its third and final fly-by of Mercury in September,...
- Shaking and Tweeting: The USGS Twitter Earthquake Detection Program - 1 week ago
- 125th Anniversary of Topographic Mapping - 1 week ago
- Chasing Brutus -- The North Pole Wolf - 3 weeks ago
- Tsunami Research Keeping People Safe - 1 month ago
- Too Much of a Good Thing: Increasing Nitrogen Deposition in Lakes - 1 month ago
- What is the appropriate citation for National Atlas information? - 4 months ago
- What research is being conducted to address the acid drainage problem? - 4 months ago
- How many volcanoes are there in Alaska? - 5 months ago
- I live on a hill, how does water get to my house? - 5 months ago
- How hot is Yellowstone? - 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, Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia - 2 hours ago
- M 5.1, Kepulauan Tanimbar, Indonesia - 7 hours ago
- M 5.0, Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia - 22 hours ago
- M 6.0, Kepulauan Mentawai region, Indonesia - 23 hours ago
- M 5.0, Samoa Islands region - 23 hours ago
- M 5.0, Atacama, Chile - yesterday
- M 5.1, Halmahera, Indonesia - yesterday
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow Warning for Southern California - 1 week 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 23, 2009 07:59 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
- Long Valley Volcanic Center Daily Update issued Dec 23, 2009 09:58 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
- Long Valley Volcanic Center Daily Update issued Dec 22, 2009 15:52 PST Volcano Alert Level NORMAL - Aviation Color Code GREEN
- Kilauea Daily Update issued Dec 22, 2009 08:09 HST Volcano Alert Level WATCH - Aviation Color Code ORANGE
- Comparison of 2006-2007 Water Years and Historical Water-Quality Data, Upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado - yesterday
- Computer Programs for Obtaining and Analyzing Daily Mean Steamflow Data from the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System Web Site - yesterday
- Geohydrology and Water Quality of the Valley-Fill Aquifer System in the Upper Sixmile Creek and West Branch Owego Creek Valleys in the Town of Caroline, Tompkins County, New York - yesterday
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Seismic Data, January to December 2008 - yesterday
- Methods for Estimating Withdrawal and Return Flow by Census Block for 2005 and 2020 for New Hampshire - yesterday
- A Collection of Chemical, Mineralogical, and Stable Isotopic Compositional Data for Green River Oil Shale from Depositional Center Cores in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming - 2 days ago
- Enumeration of Pacific Walrus Carcasses on Beaches of the Chukchi Sea in Alaska Following a Mortality Event, September 2009 - 2 days ago
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