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 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 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. 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 10, 2026.

Sandy beaches worldwide are constantly shifting, sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically. Now, new research focused on the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast finds that climate patterns such as El Niño and La Niña don’t just influence beaches seasonally—they shape their year-to-year evolution in measurable and predictable ways.

By sally_house@ios.doi.gov from All News. Published on Mar 10, 2026.

From sustaining Native communities to supplying the caviar trade, sturgeons have shaped the Hudson River’s history.

By lowen@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 09, 2026.

The William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or teams using satellite or aerial remote sensing that make outstanding contributions toward understanding the Earth (land, oceans, and air), educating the next generation of scientists, informing decision-makers, or supporting natural or human-induced disaster response. Both national and international nominations are welcome.

By cduzet@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 09, 2026.

A new CASC supported framework aims to help land managers prioritize sites for restoration by evaluating biodiversity benefits, species' historical and future habitats, climate projections, and habitat preferences to optimize limited conservation resources while supporting ecosystem resilience.

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 09, 2026.

Mushroom Pool is nondescript in appearance, but its impacts on microbiology and on how research is done in Yellowstone National Park have been profound.

By meganevans@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 06, 2026.

The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center is closely monitoring the ongoing impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza on wild bird populations across the United States as the virus continues to drive significant mortality events nationwide.

By kmalpeli@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 06, 2026.

The Northeast CASC and the University of Massachusetts Amherst have launched an expanded Climate Action Tool, providing updated science-based resources to support natural resource managers and communities across the Northeast.

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 06, 2026.

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

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 05, 2026.

The Volcano Observatory Notice to Aviation (VONA) is a notification product used by volcano observatories globally to inform the aviation community (pilots, air traffic managers, dispatchers, meteorologists, and airlines) of volcanic activity that could pose a hazard to aviation. An upcoming change in message formatting will improve the way that the aviation community gets this information.

By wstovall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 04, 2026.

Beginning in early March 2026, the U.S. Geological Survey will introduce updated Volcano Observatory Notices to Aviation (VONAs) that follow new standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). 

By krossos@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Mar 04, 2026.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is working to predict how temperature and precipitation changes over the next few decades could impact the water cycle and affect the New England farming industry, including water availability for plants and inconsistencies in crop yield.