By sshukla@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 05, 2025.

Tucked into an industrial stretch of Ramco Street, the West Sacramento CAWSC facility is one of the California Water Science Center’s most capable, and lesser known, scientific assets. Step inside, and it becomes immediately clear why so many teams rely on this space to launch field campaigns, build new tools, and train the next generation of hydro technicians.

By cduzet@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 05, 2025.

Climate change adaptation planning processes and tools are increasing in number and evolving rapidly. During times of innovation and proliferation, a shared vision is needed to avoid duplication, reduce misunderstandings, and facilitate work across jurisdictions to steward resources undergoing profound changes.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 04, 2025.

Tephra formed by lava fountains during the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption has created a new puʻu (hill) southwest of Halemaʻumaʻu crater. The new puʻu is visible from the public viewing areas around Kīlauea summit in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) has been busy tracking the continued growth of this young geologic feature.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 04, 2025.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory conducted a monitoring overflight of Kīlauea summit on December 2, 2025.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 04, 2025.

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered gas in the Mesaverde Group and Lance Formation in the Southwestern Wyoming Geologic Province, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources of 4.7 trillion cubic feet of gas. 

By jmbaker@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 04, 2025.

Learn about 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) lidar data for Massachusetts in the new fact sheet -
The 3D Elevation Program -  Supporting the Economy of Massachusetts

By jlball@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 03, 2025.

It's that time of year...when Mount Shasta tries to fool us all into thinking the volcano is up to something! But as many residents of Northern California will tell you, all that's up with Shasta right now is clouds - lenticular clouds, to be exact. 

By sernst@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 03, 2025.

A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 03, 2025.

In Fall 2025 the Hawaiʻi Abyssal Nodules and Associated Ecosystems Expedition, led by USGS scientists, investigated the geology, minerals, and environmental setting of the deep seabed offshore Moku o Keawe (Hawaiʻi Island) in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. This work is part of ongoing collaborative efforts with BOEM and NOAA.

By sshukla@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 03, 2025.

The California Water Science Center delivers impartial science and continuous data that help communities meet today’s water challenges: from surface water, groundwater, and aquatic habitats to natural hazards and water quality. Using real-time visualizations and forecast models, we support many partners to strengthen resilience, stewardship, and informed decision-making statewide.

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 03, 2025.

CDI Monthly Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month, from 11-12:30 pm Eastern Time. 

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

Congratulations to Christopher Pullano for winning the quarterly photo contest! 

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

As we near the end of another year I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you.

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

The WFRC has worked with Seattle City Light to investigate ecosystem conditions associated with three hydroelectric dams on the upper Skagit River in Whatcom County, northern Washington, asking how habitat availability and productivity may influence fish populations.

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

USGS Western Fisheries Research Center scientist, Paul Hershberger, was featured in a Sitka Science Center news article highlighting his work with Pacific Herring.  

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

As juvenile salmon migrate out to the ocean, they face many threats. To improve their survival, the USGS Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC) partners with the Yakama Nation to reduce predation and ensure safer passage.

By meganevans@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

By PBS.org

Outdoors Maryland, Dec. 2, 2025

Wildlife of Poplar Island

By nkohli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 02, 2025.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing the Aquatic Disease and Pathogen Repository (AquaDePTH)  to track, evaluate, and ultimately predict aquatic disease outbreaks across the nation.

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 01, 2025.

A new publication describes the wide-ranging potential for groundwater flow into the coast to reduce heat stress and bleaching of corals that are experiencing increasing mortality around the world as ocean temperatures warm.

By shouse@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 01, 2025.

Title:  Fertilizer or foe? Land-applied waste reuse materials and farm-to-fork potential contaminant pathways

Date:  December 5, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific 

Speakers:  Jason Masoner, Research Hydrologist, USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Dec 01, 2025.

Applying artificial intelligence approaches to a 15-year-long seismic record reveals how all the small earthquakes that occur in the Yellowstone region are related in space and time.

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.