Lava fire flares up as it flows down dirt road, a result of the 2014 Kilauea Volcano eruption and lava flow. (Kelly Hudson/FEMA) Every year, the United States experiences dozens, if not hundreds, of ...

California State Route 178 southwest of Trona after the July 5, 2019, magnitude 7.1 quake. (U.S. Geological Survey) Every year, the United States experiences dozens, if not hundreds, of natural hazard ...

With the Mars rover Curiosity's successful landing Sunday, Aug. 5, at 10:32 p.m. PDT, U.S. Geological Survey scientists continue their strategic role in the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), the most ...

Building on a 50-year-old partnership, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are expanding their cooperation with the relocation of one of the largest USGS science groups in the western United ...

Rivers are the circulatory system of the continents (Gomi et al., 2002). They are the conduits for water, solute, and sediment movement from the land to the sea and shape much of the landscape. Rivers ...

A devastating sinkhole occurred in Florida on February 28, 2013, raising questions and concerns about this incredible phenomenon. Around 20% of the U.S. lies in areas susceptible to sinkhole events, ...

Multidisciplinary research is a central goal of the USGS science strategy (NRC, 2001; USGS, 2007). GIScience research underpins this goal by addressing such challenges as data integration across the ...

The Interior inspector general has said the U.S. Geological Survey had uncovered “three serious incidents of scientific misconduct” in its laboratories since 1996. A first-of-its-kind advisory panel ...

WASHINGTON--The President's fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey reflects the USGS's vital role in addressing some of the most pressing challenges of the 21st Century by ...