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 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.

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

The USGS Science Data Management Branch will be hosting two upcoming training events for USGS authors and data managers. The first will be our general ScienceBase data release training and the second will be training on how to revise a data release in ScienceBase.

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

The warmer waters of the Upper Klamath Lake were once thought to be inhospitable to native redband trout, a coldwater fish species. However, researchers supported by the Northwest CASC are uncovering how redband trout are using the lake’s warmer waters to avoid invasive predators and feast on its supply of prey fish. 

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

Pacific Islands CASC funded researchers found that a fresh approach to managing interactions between native and introduced plants may help restore Hawaiʻi’s threatened lowland wet forests. 

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

New research supported by the Northeast CASC identifies key plant traits for successfully relocating native plants while avoiding the spread of more invasive species. 

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

USGS has selected 12 recipients to be awarded grant funding in FY2025 to address landslide risk reduction science. The grants will help advance landslide research capabilities.

By shouse@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 21, 2025.

At the USGS, we are a leader in wildlife health research and disease surveillance, prioritizing the health and safety of American communities, lands and waters, and fish and wildlife populations.

On April 25, 2025, we are celebrating the first-ever USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day by highlighting the actionable wildlife health science we provide to the Nation.

By edietrich@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 21, 2025.

The University of Maine selected Sara Oyler-McCance to receive the Distinguished Wildlife Alum Award for 2025. This award reflects the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology's highest professional honor and is awarded to researchers with outstanding professional achievement and sustained contributions to the wildlife profession.

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 21, 2025.

Yellowstone is most famous for huge explosive eruptions that create large calderas. Outside Yellowstone Caldera, however, there have been numerous more fluid lava flow eruptions.

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

A new interferogram shows deformation at Kīlauea volcano during the pause between episodes 17 and 18 of the ongoing summit eruption. 

By rquintal@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 18, 2025.

The effect of reduced sea lamprey control efforts during the pandemic can be quantified.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 17, 2025.

Although it may feel like it happened in an instant, the formation of the Island of Hawai‘i’s youngest black sand beach did not happen overnight. This week we explore how the beach at Pohoiki, near the easternmost point on the island, came to be and how it has grown over time.

By mnewbrough@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 17, 2025.

Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin — April 17, 2025

By shouse@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 17, 2025.

Join us for a special one-hour Friday's Findings celebrating the first-ever USGS Wildlife Health Awareness Day! 

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

By jmbaker@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Apr 17, 2025.

Learn how to distinguish a US Topo from an OnDemand Topo in a new training video released by the National Geospatial Program.