By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 28, 2025.

The 1975 Kalapana earthquake brought big changes to lives of the people affected by the fatalities and damage, as well as big changes to our understanding of Kīlauea’s south flank. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 26, 2025.

Episode 37 lava fountaining occurred yesterday from 2:30 p.m. to 11:39 p.m., totaling just over 9 hours. 

By dsorenson@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 26, 2025.

NOAA has published a news item about a new WGSC cloud-based tidal marsh biomass mapping tool developed by Winston Cheang and Kristin Byrd. 

By dsorenson@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 26, 2025.

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) recently awarded the NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) project the 2025 NOPP Excellence in Partnering Award. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 25, 2025.

On November 24, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologists conducted a monitoring overflight of Kīlauea summit, during which they collected visual and thermal imagery and conducted a LiDAR survey. The data collected during the mission will support updated maps reflected conditions since the end of episode 36 on November 9. 

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 25, 2025.

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) advises the Center on the handling of biohazardous materials, and reviews and approves research projects that involve biohazardous materials, including but not limited to recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules.

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 24, 2025.

Yellowstone is not just a fantastic natural laboratory for Earth-based studies.  A better understanding of hydrothermal activity in the first National Park can also provide clues about what Mars might have looked like long ago.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 21, 2025.

Overnight, there was strong glow from the north and south vents with brief periods of spattering. Inflationary tilt is being recorded by summit tiltmeters and several overflows from the south vent have taken place today. Models suggest that episode 37 will probably occur between November 22 to November 26 with November 23-25 mostly likely. 

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 21, 2025.

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered oil and gas in formations under the Santa Maria Basin geologic province under Santa Barbara County and part of San Luis Obispo County, California, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources of 67 million barrels of oil and 56 billion cubic feet of gas. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 20, 2025.

Fifty years ago this month, the largest Hawaii earthquake of the 20th and 21st centuries occurred. Earthquake shaking, as well as ground subsidence and local tsunami, contributed to a catastrophic sequence of events on November 29, 1975.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 19, 2025.

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level airplane flights over a broad region in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will begin this month and take approximately a year to complete, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting.

By sshukla@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 19, 2025.

USGS scientists completed the first phase of a long-term erosion assessment of South Cow Mountain using airborne lidar and Structure-from-Motion models derived from historic aerial photographs. This analysis quantifies terrain change and evaluates whether erosion intensity is spatially associated with off-highway vehicle activity, providing data to support Bureau of Land Management decisions.

By lowen@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 19, 2025.

Landsat 9’s image collection was briefly interrupted in October after a sensor monitoring the position of the solar array began sending noisy data, triggering the satellite to enter safe mode. 

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 18, 2025.

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is responsible for oversight of the animal care and use program and the components as described in the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 18, 2025.

On November 17, 2025, U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted fieldwork in the closed area of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, noting evidence of several hazards associated with the recent lava fountaining episode. 

By jlball@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 18, 2025.

While volcanoes are certainly one of California's most prominent natural hazards, they are by far one of the least common. Seasonal hazards such as landslides, blizzards, and fires occur in many of the same locations as our volcanoes, as was evident last week with the Pack Fire south of Long Valley.

By meganevans@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 18, 2025.

By Sam Norton

FishSens Magazine October 20, 2025

Why are PFAS Found in Aquatic Environments Near Cape Cod?

By dsorenson@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 18, 2025.

WGSC in AAAS Science Advances

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 17, 2025.

The FY 2026 CDI Request for Proposals schedule has been revised.

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 17, 2025.

Many of the monitoring sites in Yellowstone National Park are located in remote areas.  When they go offline, a lot of preparation and effort is necessary to bring them back to functionality.

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 14, 2025.

The Powell Center invites researchers to submit proposals for two-year synthesis projects on any Earth or environmental science topic.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 14, 2025.

Editor’s note: Posted November 14 following the end of the lapse in appropriations. 

The Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey, published the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals November 6, outlining 60 minerals vital to the U.S. economy and national security that face potential risks from disrupted supply chains.  

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 13, 2025.

The summit eruption of Kīlauea continues, with 36 episodes of lava fountaining since the eruption began on December 23, 2024. Within the past month and a half, fountaining episodes 34, 35, and 36 occurred at the summit of Kīlauea.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 13, 2025.

The summit eruption of Kīlauea continues, with 36 episodes of lava fountaining since the eruption began on December 23, 2024. Let’s catch up on the events and hazards associated with the volcano’s most recent few eruptive episodes, and review the current status of Kīlauea.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Nov 13, 2025.

RESTON, Va. — Low-level flights begin as soon as early November over eastern Maine from the Down East coast up into northern Aroostook County to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. Surveying is expected to continue until snow hinders data quality, and will resume in the spring and summer of 2026 as needed to avoid adverse weather conditions.

By mnewbrough@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Oct 28, 2025.

Bay Journal — by Lauren Hines-Acosta — October 28, 2025

By mnewbrough@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Oct 02, 2025.

WHRO — by Katherine Hafner — October 2, 2025

By lshriver@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Oct 01, 2025.

In this edition: Staff updates, field trips, and a new publication on bridging seed selection theory and practice

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Sep 30, 2025.

RESTON, Va. — Low-level helicopter flights begin in early October over portions of the Blue Mountains and adjacent areas in northeastern Oregon and western Idaho to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. Surveying is expected to continue until snowfall hinders data quality, and resume next Spring and Summer.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Sep 30, 2025.

RESTON, Va. — Low-level Helicopter flights are planned over a broad region in Nevada to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will be conducted starting in October for approximately four months, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting.