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

WMAR-2 Baltimore — Linnea Hoover — June 23, 2025

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 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 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 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.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 16, 2025.

HVO staff are conducting the annual Mauna Loa GPS campaign and the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption that began on December 23, 2024, is currently paused following the high fountaining of episode 25 for 8 hours on June 11, 2025. 

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 16, 2025.

As climate change accelerates, the risk of sudden, large-scale shifts in ecosystems is growing. A new USGS study examines the mechanisms behind these abrupt ecological transformations—known as threshold responses—and offers a roadmap for predicting where and when they might occur.

By jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 16, 2025.

The more land managers know about the land they manage, the better decisions they can make. This applies to everyone from farmers and ranchers to timber companies, and even utilities.

By krossos@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 16, 2025.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has conducted two new studies examining the presence and persistence of wastewater-derived nitrogen in Cape Cod's groundwater. 

By jmbaker@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 16, 2025.

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

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 16, 2025.

Is it safe to drink treated water from rivers in Yellowstone National Park?  Well, that depends on whether there are any nearby thermal features.

By cduzet@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 13, 2025.

A new Alaska CASC-supported Juneau Flood Dashboard offers residents a simplified way to access and understand glacial outburst flood data. 

By cduzet@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 13, 2025.

Forest managers in the Great Lakes region are embracing adaptation plantings to boost resilience against environmental threats like climate change, according to a new Midwest CASC-funded study. The study also found a growing interest in sharing strategies, successes, and lessons learned from this approach. 

By jlavista@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 13, 2025.

Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS field crew as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista.  

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 12, 2025.

There is much to appreciate about the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption as it approaches its 6-month anniversary on June 23. The stunning episodic lava fountains and lava flows erupting within Halema‘uma‘u crater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park have provided island residents and visitors with safe and accessible viewing opportunities. However, volcanic hazards are always present. 

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 12, 2025.

The ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption that began on December 23, 2024, is currently paused following the high fountaining of episode 25 for 8 hours on June 11, 2025. 

By edietrich@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 12, 2025.

The USGS is working with federal land management agencies to develop a series of structured science syntheses (SSS) to support National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses. This new synthesis is the fourth publication in the SSS series and provides science to support NEPA analyses for agency decisions regarding nonmotorized recreation.

By dchilds@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 12, 2025.

This report describes the science vision of the USGS from 2025 to 2035 to support management, conservation, and decisions on animal pollinators and their habitats. This “Pollinator Science Strategy” was drafted by a team of USGS researchers and was further developed through feedback from Federal, State, Tribal, nongovernmental organizations, and industry partners. 

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jun 11, 2025.

RESTON, VA. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered oil and gas in the Niobrara Formation in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources of 703 million barrels of oil and 5.8 trillion cubic feet of gas.