By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 27, 2025.

A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory helicopter monitoring overflight of the summit of Kīlauea on June 27 provided aerial overview of the eruption site in Kaluapele, as well as a view into the north vent. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 27, 2025.

The F1cam, KWcam, and continuous laser rangefinder went offline on March 26 of this year, as tephra fallout from lava fountaining during episode 15 of the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption damaged the monitoring infrastructure. The instruments were recently reinstalled with permission from Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park at a location on the rim farther away from the active vents.

By wandrews@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 27, 2025.

The USGS Actionable & Strategic Integrated Science & Technology (ASIST) Initiative hosted a science co-development virtual workshop on June 24-25, 2025, for external partners and USGS subject matter experts in the Colorado River Basin. The workshop provided partners with a synopsis of the 2023 Co-development workshop series and sought feedback about seed projects funded by the ASIST initiative.

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

The spectacular series of Kīlauea eruption episodes over the past six months has been remarkably safe for public viewing, but a simple change in the wind or brief vent collapse could cause dramatic changes in the hazards the volcano presents.

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

A new map shows thickness values for lava flows within Halema‘uma‘u crater from the Kīlauea summit eruption that began on December 23, 2024. And UAS work at the summit provides views into the north vent. 

By kkovacs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 26, 2025.

A USGS-led expedition in the Aleutian Arc off Alaska will provide critical information on energy resources, underwater earthquakes and other hazards, seafloor habitats, and biological resources, including key fisheries, as well as potential seabed minerals. Scientists are investigating potential hydrothermal mineral specimens on the seafloor. 

By smieszek@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 26, 2025.

List of products from the New England Water Science Center released in the second quarter of 2025.

By mnewbrough@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 26, 2025.

Chesapeake Bay Program — Press Release — June 26, 2025

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 25, 2025.

Tidal salt marshes—vital ecosystems that protect coastlines, remove excess nutrients and pollutants from coastal waters, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife—depend on a steady supply of inorganic sediment to keep pace with rising sea levels. But how, exactly, does this sediment get to the marsh? And what factors influence this process?

By kkovacs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 25, 2025.

A USGS-led expedition in the Aleutian Arc off Alaska will provide critical information on energy resources, underwater earthquakes and other hazards, seafloor habitats, and biological resources, including key fisheries, as well as potential seabed minerals. One USGS scientist celebrates a return to the Aleutians - 21 years later.

By dchilds@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 25, 2025.

A USGS led team at the Idaho Cooperative Research Unit studied effects of cattle grazing on greater sage-grouse demographic traits. Sage-grouse were widespread in western North America’s sagebrush-grassland ecosystems; populations have declined since the 1960s. Results of a 10-year experimental study are provided to assist partners in development of science-based, grouse-friendly grazing plans.

By jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 25, 2025.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) project are excited to announce the release of Annual NLCD Conterminous U.S. (CU) Collection 1.1. 

By sernst@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 25, 2025.

Seafloor mapping provides the fundamental data needed to study a wide range of topics. The USGS is actively mapping the seafloor surface and its underlying structure in coastal to deep sea environments to address national priorities. 

By kkovacs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 24, 2025.

A USGS-led expedition in the Aleutian Arc off Alaska will provide critical information on energy resources, underwater earthquakes and other hazards, seafloor habitats, and biological resources, including key fisheries, as well as potential seabed minerals. Scientists aboard the expedition are studying the small but critical critters that make their home in the seafloor mud. 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 24, 2025.

New research uses decades of satellite data to show how climate variability—particularly El Niño and La Niña cycles—drives shoreline change along the North American West Coast.

By jmalpass@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

By Kayci Messerly and Dr. Mike Brasher

Ducks Unlimited Podcast, June 24, 2025

Ep. 689 - Science for a Changing World—The Legacy of Patuxent

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

Episode 26 of the Kīlauea summit eruption was active for 9 hours on June 20.  High fountains during episode 26 reached approximately 380 meters (1246 feet), the highest yet recorded during the ongoing eruption, which began on December 23, 2025. 

By kkovacs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

A USGS-led expedition in the Aleutian Arc off Alaska will provide critical information on energy resources, underwater earthquakes and other hazards, seafloor habitats, and biological resources, including key fisheries, as well as potential seabed minerals. Though the expedition focuses on natural resources below the waves, the science team marvels at Alaska's wildlife above the waves as well.

By krossos@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is adding or reestablishing up to 18 streamgages, one precipitation gage, and 10 continuous groundwater gages throughout Massachusetts as a part of the state’s cooperative hydrologic monitoring network with USGS. 

By criggs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

USGS researchers are leveraging advances in satellite-based monitoring to better characterize and predict flood inundation, which is essential for effective emergency response and water management planning.

By jmalpass@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

By Linnea Hoover

WMAR 2 News, June 23, 2025

USGS scientists analyze blue catfish and other species for PFAS contamination as Maryland promotes invasive species as food source.

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

One hundred years ago, on June 23, 1925, a mountainside in the Gros Ventre Range in northwest Wyoming collapsed, unleashing one of the largest landslides in North America‘s recorded history. A century later, we can reflect on that day’s events.

By nschmer@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 23, 2025.

USGS groundwater and surface water monitoring data contributed to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (PaDEP) June 9, 2025, continuation of drought watches for seven Pennsylvania counties. Watches were lifted for 21 counties. Berks County’s status improved from drought warning to watch status.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 20, 2025.

The Department of the Interior announced a USGS report on undiscovered oil and gas resources under the federally managed public lands of the U.S., estimating that there are technically recoverable resources of 29.4 billion barrels of oil and 391.6 trillion cubic feet of gas.

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

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Bulletin series was an informal publication issued between the years 1913 to 1929. Individual issues contain information on volcanic and earthquake activity, volcano research, and volcano monitoring in Hawaii, and issues often included photographs, sketches, and data plots. These resources were previously only available in print format. 

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

As another school year ends, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) welcomes two new summer interns: Kamalani Poepoe and Ruth Gale. With an ongoing eruption at the summit Kīlauea, now is the perfect time for these interns to contribute to ongoing work to better understand eruptions in Hawaii. 

By kkovacs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 18, 2025.

A USGS-led expedition in the Aleutian Arc off Alaska will provide critical information on energy resources, underwater earthquakes and other hazards, seafloor habitats, and biological resources, including key fisheries, as well as potential seabed minerals. Before departing, the science team led several community outreach events. 

By aweill@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 17, 2025.

Visitors can subscribe to the alert system using satellite communication devices.

By jlball@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 17, 2025.

Ever wonder what scientists are doing when you see them with strange equipment near hot springs and fumaroles? They're collecting some of nature's most revealing secrets – volcanic gases!  

By cduzet@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 17, 2025.

As human impacts on the environment rapidly accelerate, so does the need to understand those impacts and develop strategies to build resilience amidst growing threats.