By jlawson@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 28, 2025.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released the reference and validation data for Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Conterminous U.S. (CU), Collection 1.0, from 1985 to 2023. 

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

Online sources are saying that animals are fleeing Yellowstone National Park.  This isn’t the first time such claims have been made. And just like before, they aren’t true.

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 25, 2025.

The ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption is currently paused. USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists made observations of the summit region on July 24 and 25. 

By lhsu@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 24, 2025.

The Powell Center continues to host synthesis working groups this summer.

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

If you’ve read “Volcano Watch” articles before, you can probably list several reasons that scientists study volcanoes. However, there is another reason to study volcanoes that may surprise you: critical mineral resources of economic importance. 

By jmbaker@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 24, 2025.

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

By aweill@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 24, 2025.

The study will assess whether the bait platforms could aid invasive carp removal.

By jrichie@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 23, 2025.

Once a year USGS Flagstaff Campus employees steal away to a place of science discovery in our own neighborhood. On May 29, folks from the five science centers hung posters or pictures and shared current research with each other, showcasing the work they are doing on the Flagstaff Campus. For many of us, being available to connect annually, has become our happy place.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 23, 2025.

The Department of the Interior is taking decisive steps to recover critical minerals essential to America’s economic strength, national defense, and energy future from mine waste, coal refuse, tailings and abandoned uranium mines. In launching the effort, Secretary Doug Burgum cited "groundbreaking research from the U.S. Geological Survey that identifies promising sources of these minerals."

By jburton@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 23, 2025.

Deep beneath the southeastern U.S. lies a hidden world of critical minerals and potential earthquake risks. A U.S. Geological Survey geologic mapping project is dedicated to uncovering these secrets, with the goal of enriching the nation’s geological understanding and improving public safety.

By mbouchard@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 23, 2025.

This article was written by the NASA and USGS Landsat Science Communication teams to mark the 53rd anniversary of Landsat 1.

By jmbaker@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 23, 2025.

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

By kmulliken@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 22, 2025.

Episode 29 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 6:35 p.m. HST, July 20, 2025, after over 13 hours of sustained lava fountaining. 

By dchilds@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 22, 2025.

Dr. Matthew Kauffman, USGS Research Wildlife Biologist and Unit Leader of the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, was the recipient of the 2024 Aldo Leopold Conservation Award. The information below is adapted from the nomination letter released/obtained by the American Society of Mammalogists. 

By jlball@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 22, 2025.

A historic report on volcanoes in northern California by the volcanologist Howell Williams made a curious claim about Goosenest volcano. 

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 21, 2025.

RESTON, VA. — The U.S. Geological Survey used cutting-edge Earth science to publish the first off-planet mineral prospectivity map – assessing likely places to find lunar ice near the Lunar South Pole for a NASA mission. 

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

Amphibians face an uncertain future in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Disease, such as the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus, habitat loss, and drought are all considerable threats to amphibians in the region. A recently developed decision framework aims to assist resource managers in reducing these threats to amphibians.

By lowen@contractor.usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 21, 2025.

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center archive now contains more than one million Landsat 9 Level-1 products (that’s over 1 billion megabytes of Earth observation data)!

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

Calculating earthquake magnitudes can be a challenge in places like Yellowstone, where lots of small seismic events can occur in rapid succession. But artificial intelligence approaches offer a potential solution to the problem.

By ssoileau@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 20, 2025.

As part of ongoing efforts required under the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy to monitor the population of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team (IGBST) captures and monitors grizzly bears for research and monitoring purposes. Here you will find capture notifications for the current field season.

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 18, 2025.

Low-level airplane flights begin as soon as late July over the Black Hills and Bear Lodge areas of Wyoming and South Dakota to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. 

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

On July 17, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory staff conducted a UAS (uncrewed aircraft systems) flight of the recent eurption site at Kīlauea summit.

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

Lava fountains at the summit of Kīlauea have been shining a spotlight on Hawaii’s most active volcano but let us not forget the larger one looming in the background of Kīlauea. Mauna Loa is currently quiet and now is a good opportunity to remember the 1950 Southwest Rift Zone eruption—the volcano’s most recent eruption to have caused significant damage—75 years ago. 

By evarelaminder@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 17, 2025.

Southwest CASC-supported researchers use tree-ring reconstructions to link historic climate patterns and wildfire events.

By smieszek@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 17, 2025.

The USGS delivered water-quality techniques training to the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department (RID) 14-20 June in and around Chiang Mai, together with colleagues from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with funding from the U.S. Department of State. 

By samgott@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 15, 2025.

RESTON, VA. — The U.S. Geology Survey will conduct low-level helicopter flights over parts of southern Colorado to map critical minerals using airborne geophysical technology, beginning in mid-July. The airborne survey will be conducted through Fall 2025, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting, covering parts of Park, Chaffee, Teller, Fremont, Custer, Pueblo, and Huerfano Counties.  

By jmalpass@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 14, 2025.

USGS has joined a new initiative to address bird collisions with glass.

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 14, 2025.

New research led by USGS finds that along California’s rugged coastline, some of the state’s most scenic “pocket beaches”—short stretches of sand nestled between rocky headlands—undergo predictable rotations each year in response to changing wave conditions. 

By mpoland@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 14, 2025.

In April 2025, Yellowstone National Park geologists identified a new thermal feature in Norris Geyser Basin. Investigation of multiple data streams suggests it may have coincided with a visit from St. Nicholas.

By ppearsall@usgs.gov from All News. Published on Jul 11, 2025.

Hawai‘i’s iconic beaches—essential to the state’s identity, economy, and ecosystems—are disappearing faster than previously predicted. New projections of shoreline change by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and USGS finds that 81% of sandy shorelines on the island of O‘ahu could be lost by the end of the century, with nearly 40% of that loss occurring within just the next five years.