By lisa_hoaks@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Apr 01, 2026.

The U.S. Geological Survey launched an updated version of the Land Treatment Exploration Tool that includes many new features for a better user experience. 

By lisa_hoaks@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Apr 01, 2026.

The U.S. Geological Survey launched an updated version (2.0) of the Land Treatment Digital Library to improve user experience, include additional data, and enhance Bureau of Land Management access. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 31, 2026.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists completed a helicopter overflight of the Kīlauea summit on March 31, 2026, during which they captured photos of the eruptive vents in Halemaʻumaʻu, along with the tephra deposit from the ongoing episodic lava fountaining eruption. 

By harry_ackley@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Mar 31, 2026.

In fall 2023, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a five‑year, $3 million Monitoring and Event Response Research Program (MERHAB) grant to improve Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) detection in the San Francisco Estuary.

By jlavista@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 31, 2026.

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released a new machine learning tool that forecasts droughts up to 90 days ahead nationwide. The tool may provide communities extra time to prepare for water shortages that could impact agriculture, municipal supplies, recreation and ecosystems. 

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 30, 2026.

Join us for a Powell Center seminar on Monday, April 13 from 1-2 pm MT / 3-4 pm ET.

By lowen@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 30, 2026.

Landsat product metadata are now available in the Apache Parquet file format, in addition to existing CSV and XML files. Parquet files help users access metadata information more efficiently and provide faster, customized results.

By kknotts@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 30, 2026.

USGS Eastern Ecological Science Center (EESC) researchers are presenting findings of scientific studies at the 81st Annual Northeast Fish & Wildlife Conference in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia from April 7-10, 2026. 

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 29, 2026.

The location on the other side of the world from the Yellowstone Caldera is in the southern Indian Ocean—a site near the Kerguelen Plateau, which formed about 130 million years ago and still hosts a few very remote and active volcanoes.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 26, 2026.

Geochemical analysis of erupted tephra samples over the past decade help scientists understand the temperature of Kīlauea’s shallow magma system under the summit—and things have been “heating up!”

By sally_house@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Mar 26, 2026.

Discover which Southeast bee species may be at risk and how USGS research is helping protect them. Join our April 10th Friday’s Findings webinar exploring conservation status and climate vulnerability insights for overlooked native bees.

By ametcalfe@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 26, 2026.

USGS celebrates the designation of Jessina Clasen and John Compton from Flagstaff Arts and Leadership Academy (FALA) as finalists for "Teacher of the Year" at the 2026 Flagstaff STEMMY Awards for their collaboration with the Flagstaff Science Campus.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 25, 2026.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists conducted a monitoring, surveying, and sampling overflight of Kīlauea summit region on March 25, 2026, following episode 43 of the ongoing episodic lava fountaining eruption on March 10, 2026. 

By jlball@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 24, 2026.

Why are geologists so picky about rock samples? If you've ever watched one at work, you might notice that some rocks pass inspection, but others get discarded. Obviously a rock can't spoil like a piece a fruit, so what's going on?

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 22, 2026.

Yellowstone’s thermal areas can have subtle regions of heated ground. High-resolution commercial satellite images provide a new way of accurately mapping these details.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 20, 2026.

The USGS has recently published several Data Release products associated with eruptions of Kīlauea and Mauna Loa. If you have questions about these data sets, please contact askHVO@usgs.gov. 

By blopezhetland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 20, 2026.

Calling all U.S. geoscience faculty interested in geologic mapping! The USGS EDMAP program is now accepting proposals to support graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in mentor-guided geologic mapping projects. 

By kknotts@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 20, 2026.

The Disease Decision Analysis and Research (DDAR) group is a multi-disciplinary team based out of the Eastern Ecological Science Center whose strengths are in ecology, decision science, quantitative modeling, social science, and informing natural resource management. Learn more about the recent activities of this team below.

By meganevans@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 20, 2026.

By Clay Raines

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March 20, 2026

A summary of several of Dr. Raines Raines’ and colleagues’ fascinating findings and their implications for fish management, conservation, and the health of freshwater species.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 19, 2026.

The summit region of Kīlauea experienced tephra fallout and a Kona low storm this past week. Cleanup, recovery, and regrowth is ongoing. These processes are natural and have been recognized and embodied in Native Hawaiian oral traditions about Pele, Lono, and Hiʻiaka.

By dchilds@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 18, 2026.

USGS scientists from the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (CRU) program are leading a special session at the 91st North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on April 2, 2026. The session focuses on how decision science may be applied to common natural resource management problems faced by state fish and wildlife agencies around the country.

By jlball@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 17, 2026.

Before Kelseyville, CA had electric lights, it had something even more unusual: a hill that made its own natural gas. 

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 15, 2026.

You may have heard that throwing rocks, sticks, or other items in hot springs in Yellowstone is a bad idea (and also illegal), but have you ever wondered what it takes to remove them?

By harry_ackley@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Mar 13, 2026.

On the morning of February 5th, the Cal Poly Tech Park II facility on the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus, in which the new USGS California Water Science Center Field Office is housed, had its grand opening.

By jburton@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 13, 2026.

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level flights by airplane and helicopter over southern and central New Mexico to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will begin this month and will continue through the fall, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting.

By mrwilson@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 13, 2026.

The USGS Powell Center has released new guidance to help land and natural-resource managers navigate a future where climate-driven environmental conditions increasingly diverge from historical norms. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 12, 2026.

Episode 43 at the summit of Kīlauea began at 9:17 a.m. HST on March 10, 2026, and continued for 9 hours. Both the north and south vents erupted lava fountains, with the south vent fountain reaching 1770 feet (540 meters) high — a new record for this eruption. Southwesterly winds carried tephra traveled toward visitor overlooks and nearby communities, both near and far. 

By lisa_hoaks@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Mar 12, 2026.

The Upper Klamath Basin and Harney Basin interactive web maps have been updated with additional well sites and recent groundwater level field measurements collected during 2025-26 site visits.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 11, 2026.

Over its 9‑hour duration, episode 43 generated significant tephra fall across Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and nearby communities. The eruption prompted elevated alert levels, road closures and ash fall warnings as winds carried ash, Pele’s hair, and tephra to Puna, Hilo, and the Hamakua coast. 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 11, 2026.

A new digital archive released by the USGS Pacific and St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Centers gives scientists an unprecedented look inside reef-building corals, layer by layer, using advanced imaging technology.