By edietrich@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 05, 2025.

Every year, millions of people visit national parks hoping to see iconic wildlife like bears, elk, and bison. Conserving wildlife, and the landscapes they depend on, is a priority for park managers, but conservation projects can be costly. In this study, researchers asked: would park visitors contribute funds to conservation projects if it meant they were more likely to view wildlife?

By mzoeller@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 05, 2025.

Following the appearance of low-level lava spattering in webcam views of Halema‘uma‘u crater on May 5, 2025, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists visited the crater rim to observe the reawakened Kīlauea summit eruption.

By tgross@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 05, 2025.

On Wednesday April 23, 2025, StreamStats experience an outage lasting 2 days, ending Friday, April 25, 2025.  

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 05, 2025.

Along the Pacific Northwest coast, scientists have long warned of a looming threat: a massive earthquake from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, capable of triggering tsunamis and devastating shaking. Now, new research highlights another, often-overlooked danger—the sudden sinking of the land itself and the longer-term threats posed by coastal flooding.

By ssobie@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 05, 2025.

Wildfires reshape landscapes, both to the benefit and detriment of impacted areas. After the smoke clears, they can continue to cause hazards like flooding and erosion, while also promoting ecosystem renewal. With an impartial lens, USGS researchers study postfire landscape response and apply our expertise to help mitigate risk and protect people and property.

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 05, 2025.

Yellowstone contains about 120 thermal areas that collectively are home to more than 10,000 thermal features, like hot springs and geysers. The exact number and location of these thermal areas is always changing, begging the question—where will future thermal areas develop?

By shouse@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 02, 2025.

Title:  Small, common, and hidden: Collecting and integrating data on amphibian species abundances and distribution

Speaker:  Evan Grant, Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, USGS Eastern Ecological Research Center

Date:  April 25, 2025, at 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern/11:00 -11:30 am Pacific 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 02, 2025.

The USGS, working closely with academic institutions, state, territorial, and other Federal agencies, is spearheading efforts to cost-effectively reduce risk to our Nation's coastal communities and infrastructure by restoring its coral reefs.

By lhoaks@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 01, 2025.

The USGS has redeployed its seasonal water-quality sensor at the OMSI dock on the Willamette River.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 01, 2025.

April is a month that carries deep layers of meaning on the Island of Hawaiʻi. April is the cherished time of the Merrie Monarch Festival—a week-long celebration of Hawaiian culture, language, and art (particularly hula). April is also Tsunami Awareness Month, a time to remember past tragedies and strengthen our kuleana (responsibility) to protect our communities and ʻāina (land).

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 01, 2025.

A new eruption map provides up-to-date statistics on the ongoing eruption within Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea. And, on May Day (lei day in Hawaii nei), scientists made observations of the intermittent spattering within the north vent. 

By edietrich@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 01, 2025.

In a new study, researchers review current approaches used by federal agencies to estimate recreational visitation to their lands and waters, as well as new and emerging approaches to estimate visitation. 

By kkovacs@usgs.gov from All News. Published on May 01, 2025.

This month we’re recognizing American Wetlands Month by sharing the important wetland science the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center (WARC) provides to partners along the Gulf Coast, throughout America, and around the world.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 30, 2025.

A new USGS Data Release provides data associated with the 2020–2021 summit eruption at Kīlauea volcano.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 30, 2025.

A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitoring helicopter overflight midday on April 29, 2025, provided views Halema‘uma‘u during a pause in eruptive activity at Kīlauea. 

By mnewbrough@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 30, 2025.

Maryland Today — By Karen Shih — April 30, 2025

By lowen@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 30, 2025.

The USGS/NASA Calibration/Validation Team has recently discovered that over 44,000 Landsat 2 and Landsat 3 Multispectral Sensor (MSS) Level-1 products were processed in 2020 with a calibration parameter file (CPF) that contained incorrect gain/offset values.

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 29, 2025.

The Community for Data Integration announces fifteen proposals to be supported in FY2025. This year’s request for proposals focused on the themes of advancing data skills training and a data-centric culture.

By jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 29, 2025.

Landsat’s mission isn’t communications, but its data is helping shape the networks we rely on every day. 

Imagine the task of designing clear paths for a wireless communication system, large or small. It could be permanent with towers and antennas, or it could be temporary with a mobile command unit and handheld receivers. 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 29, 2025.

In the Arctic, which is warming at nearly four times the global average, the combined forces of permafrost thaw, rising seas, and coastal erosion could reshape the landscape far faster than previously believed.

By rquintal@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 29, 2025.

Arctic Grayling research leading to reintroduction in Michigan streams

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 28, 2025.

New research used artificial earthquakes generated by a truck with a vibrating hydraulic plate to better understand the depth and characteristics of the top of the magma chamber beneath Yellowstone caldera.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 25, 2025.

The Interior Department highlighted USGS seafloor mineral science and a new factsheet on the potential for critical minerals on the global seafloor.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 24, 2025.

As people from around the world are captivated by episodic lava fountaining during the ongoing Kīlauea eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, let’s use the current pause and transition our attention back to the details of another recent eruption—Mauna Loa in 2022.

By jrichie@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 24, 2025.

This is a Curiosity Blog written by Dr. Lauren Edgar, Planetary Geologist at USGS Astrogeology Science Center, about the exploration being done on Mars. You can find Curiosity blogs on this News page, intended to allow whomever wishes to explore Mars to join us on this awesome journey. 

By dkar@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 23, 2025.

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By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 23, 2025.

Recently released multibeam bathymetric data offer a composite 30-meter-resolution surface of the Cascadia Subduction Zone offshore of Washington, Oregon, and northern California.

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

Episode 18 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended abruptly at 1:28 p.m. HST on April 22. The high fountaining phase of episode 18 lasted for just over 10 hours and was preceded by several days of lower-level eruptive activity such as dome fountaining and vent overflows. 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 23, 2025.

A newly published study from USGS combines time-series measurements of sediment fluxes, repeat elevation surveys, and sediment core analysis to assess the long-term progress and future vulnerability of a restored marsh in South San Francisco Bay, part of one the largest wetland restoration projects on the U.S. West Coast. 

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 22, 2025.

LARAMIE, WY -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey will conduct a high-resolution airborne geophysical survey across portions of southeastern Wyoming beginning as soon as this week, part of a national effort to map the mineral resources needed for the U.S. economy and national security.