https://www.usgs.gov/publications/water-level-records-northern-high-plains-colorado-1973-77
Water-level measurements were made in more than 600 wells during January 1977 in the northern High Plains of Colorado which includes about 9,500 square miles....
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers/news/protecting-monarchs-through-forecasting-future
Midwest CASC supported researchers are using climate projections to identify areas that will remain suitable for monarchs, helping guide conservation efforts...
the futuregeological surveyprotectingmonarchsforecasting
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/aerial-view-grabens-canyonlands-national-park
Aerial view of Grabens at Canyonlands National Park. Credit: NPS/Neal Herbert https://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonlandsnps/9579192820/
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/glaciation-continental-margin-new-england
The Pleistocene glacial limit in the marine environment off New England can be traced by plotting the seaward limit of abundant sandy gravel and the position...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/magnetic-charts-united-states-epoch-1975
Approximately 24,000 measurements taken from 1900 to 1974 were analyzed by least-squares methods to produce a series of five magnetic charts of the United...
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/coastal-watershed-and-estuary-restoration-monterey-bay-area
Objectives: Support further work by the USGS and collaborating federal, state, and local agencies and academic partners in analyzing the effectiveness of...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/channel-surveys-gunnison-river-hartland-dam-near-delta-co
Channel Surveys from Gunnison River at the Hartland Dam near Delta, Colorado
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/mineral-industry-niger-20-21-tables-only-release-xlsx
XLSX format tables-only release - Niger 20-21 Minerals Yearbook. These tables are an advance data release of those to be incorporated in the USGS Minerals...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/icoast-allows-citizen-scientists-identify-changes-coast
iCoast is a retired USGS web application. It allowed citizen scientists to identify changes to the coast by comparing aerial photographs taken before and after...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/boat-equipped-singlebeam-sonar-mapping-bed-rivers
Boat equipped with singlebeam sonar for mapping the bed of a river at shallow depths along the shoreline of the Colorado River.
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/nplichen-a-database-lichens-us-national-parks
NPLichen, a database of lichens in the U. S. National Parks (Wetmore and Bennett, 1992), has been extensively revised and expanded, and is now available for...
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https://www.usgs.gov/node/279463
MapMark4 Shiny is a self-contained R Shiny app designed for quantitative mineral resource assessments. The target audience consists of practitioners of the...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/nhd-update-tool-editor-interface
The NHD Update Tool Editor displaying the new FlowDirection and InNetwork buttons.
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/comment-about-origin-micrinite
The granular micrinite in coal may result from the same process that acts during the peat stage to form fusain but dispersed humic matter, rather than...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/manganese-recycling-united-states-1998
This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for six standard reference samples -- T-163 (trace...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/net-ecosystem-production-nep-great-plains-united-states
Gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (Re) are the fundamental environmental characteristics that promote carbon exchanges with the...
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https://www.usgs.gov/maps/high-resolution-airborne-geophysical-survey-shellmound-mississippi-area
In late February to early March 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey acquired 2,364 line-kilometers (km) of airborne electromagnetic, magnetic, and radiometric...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/thermally-deformed-sensor-recovered-floor-yellowstone-lake
Sensor (top), deformed battery/electronics package (bottom), and titanium sheath (left) following recovery from vent location A in teh Deep Hole area on the...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/three-dimensional-view-west-ceti-mensa
Three-dimensional view of the west Ceti Mensa area looking toward the southeast. These rock layers formed as wind-blown sand that became trapped in shallow,...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/addendum-mou-between-usgs-and-colorado-school-mines
Subject: Colorado School of MinesDate Signed: 8/3/2016
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/map-2019-ridgecrest-sequence-and-after-relocation-proces
Shaded relief map views of the 2019 Ridgecrest sequence. Events are color coded by depth. Depth is referenced to a surface elevation of 0.7 km above sea level....
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/ancient-permafrost-and-past-permafrost-northern-hemisphere
The existence and dynamics of permafrost depend on the prevailing climate conditions. Therefore, the study of ancient permafrost (existing since the...
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/news/new-interactive-geonarrative-explains-2023-turkey-earthquake
On February 6, 2023, a M 7.8 earthquake occurred in southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria. This earthquake was followed about 9 hours later by a M...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tsunami-hazards-santa-barbara-channel
Large-scale poster describing USGS work.The USGS, in cooperation with Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, mapped the slopes of the Santa Barbara Channel using...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/jennifer-flannery-usgs-exhibitor-booth
Jennifer Flannery at the USGS exhibitor booth at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) in Long Beach,...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/hydrogeology-mogollon-highlands-central-arizona
The Mogollon Highlands, 4,855 square miles of rugged, mountainous terrain at the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau in central Arizona, is characterized by...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/audio/science-aftermath-arkansas-flood
Early Friday morning of June 11, the Little Missouri River in Southwest Arkansas experienced a deadly flash flood, with waters that rose over 20 feet in just 5...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/mineral-industry-new-york-2015-xlsx-tables-only-release
The Mineral Industry of New York, 2015 (XLSX) Tables-Only Release
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https://www.usgs.gov/data/hydrogeomorphic-map-neversink-reservoir-watershed-new-york
This Scientific Data Release is for a spatial geodatabase containing hydrogeomorphic map units within the Neversink Reservoir Watershed, New York, formatted to...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/mineral-industry-congo-brazzaville-2016-xlsx
XLSX format - Congo (Brazzaville) 2016 Minerals Yearbook. Country chapters from the Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International) are designed...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/ongoing-drought-induced-uplift-western-united-states
The western United States has been experiencing severe drought since 2013. The solid earth response to the accompanying loss of surface and near-surface water...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/overturning-has-just-started
The overturning has just started. The red line is the advancing front. Lava behind the front is crusting over and clearly hotter than the older crust nearer...
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https://sudanechoes.com/after-a-tremor-hits-the-nile-river-geological-survey-confirms-no-indication-of-a-major-earthquake/
The General Authority for Geological Research clarified that the recent tremor felt by residents in several areas of the Nile River State falls under what is...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/schlumberger-soundings-amargosa-desert-research-site-nevada
In 1999 the U.S. Geological Survey made 38 direct current (dc) electrical soundings at the Amargosa Desert Research Site (ADRS) near Beatty, Nevada (fig. 1.)...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/usgs-selenium-research-laboratory-scientist-kootenai-river
A USGS scientist from Selenium Research Laboratory collecting samples on the Kootenai River during field work in 2025.
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/view-san-andreas-fault
View looking southeast along the surface trace of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, north of Wallace Creek. Elkhorn Rd. meets the fault near the top...
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nevada-water-science-center/science/water-quality-springs-spring-mountains
The USGS Nevada Water Science Center, in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, is sampling and analyzing water from Grapevine, Kiup, and Rainbow...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/computer-animation-sediment-changes-mouth-elwha-river
Computer animation showing changes at the mouth of the Elwha River from 2011 through 2016. Brown-shaded areas are elevations above low tide; blue shades...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/mineral-industry-bosnia-and-herzegovina-2017-18-xlsx
XLSX format - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017-18 Minerals Yearbook. Country chapters from the Minerals Yearbook (Volume III. -- Area Reports: International) are...
bosnia and herzegovinamineral industryxlsx
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/which-country-has-most-earthquakes?qt-news_science_products=0
The answer to this question is not as straightforward as it may seem. In order to most accurately answer it, we will rephrase the question four different...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/mammoth-lakes-basin-including-treekill-area-next-horseshoe-l
The gray area along the edge of Horesehoe Lake (lower right) is one of several areas around Mammoth Mountain where trees were killed recently by high...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/usgs-continuous-recording-wells-chesterfield-county-sc-area
Locations of USGS Continuous Recording Wells in the Chesterfield County, S.C. area. (Project home page)
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/rockslide-damage-golden-gate-area-near-mammoth-hot-springs
Rockslide damage to the Golden Gate area near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, as a result of the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/palomar-planet-crossing-asteroid-survey-1973-1978
Photographic coverage of about 80,000 deg2 of sky with the Palomar 46-cm Schmidt camera has yielded 12 new planet-crossing asteroids as well as many objects in...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/hillslope-within-a-burned-watershed-2024-elk-fire-burn
A narrow channel in the High Water Creek watershed within the Elk Fire burn area near Dayton, Wyoming is surrounded by steep, burned hillslopes. The section...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/paleowetland-deposits-las-vegas-valley
Paleowetland deposits in the Las Vegas Valley. Through careful study, USGS scientists are able to reconstruct the hydrologic response of desert wetlands to...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/visitors-busy-old-faithful-area
Visitors in the busy Old Faithful area. National Park Service photo by Neal Herbert, May 27, 2017.
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/report-environmental-geology-ocs-area-eastern-gulf-alaska
In anticipation of oil and gas leasing of the outer continental shelf (OCS lease area 39) in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska, the U. S. Geological Survey began...
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https://www.usgs.gov/data/sediment-grain-size-data-klamath-estuary-california
This data release includes grain-size measurements of sediment samples collected from the substrate surface and uppermost 10 cm of sediment deposits in the...
grain sizefrom thesedimentdataklamath
https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/mineral-industry-benin-2022-tables-only-release-xlsx-0
XLSX format tables-only release - Benin 2022 Minerals Yearbook. These tables are an advance data release of those to be incorporated in the USGS Minerals...
mineral industrybenintablesreleasexlsx
https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/rise-and-fall-st-matthew-reindeer
In August of 1944, 29 Nunivak Island reindeer were transported to St. Matthew Island via barge as a free-range food source for the Coast Guard officials that...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/water-budget-upper-chehalis-river-basin-southwestern-washington
Groundwater and surface water collectively supply the domestic, agricultural, and industrial needs of the 895-square mile upper Chehalis River Basin upstream...
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/ecosystems-land-change-science-program/news/cropland-water-california-view-space
This article is part of the Fall 2022 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/outbreak-fowl-cholera-waterfowl-chesapeake-bay
An outbreak of fowl cholera (Pasteurella multocida infection) occurred in waterfowl wintering on the Chesapeake Bay during February to March 1970. Losses were...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/map-inyo-craters-lava-flows
Map of the Inyo explosion craters, lava flows, and faults that formed about 600 years ago.
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/southwest-biological-science-center/science/gemini-solar-project
The United States is developing renewable energy resources, especially solar, at a rapid rate. Although renewable energy development is widely perceived by the...
the geminisolar projectgeological survey
https://www.usgs.gov/publications/interaction-spatial-scale-and-predator-prey-functional-response
Predator-prey models with a prey-dependent functional response have the property that the prey equilibrium value is determined only by predator...
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https://www.usgs.gov/publications/hydrogeologic-framework-michigan-basin-regional-aquifer-system
Mississippian and younger geologic units form a regional system of aquifers and confining units in the central Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The area of the...
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https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/landsat-8-image-snowfall-sahara-0
This Landsat 8 image shows the same area a few days later after most of the snow has melted. Credit: USGS/NASA Landsat program.
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