The Loneliest Seismometers on Earth
The USGS Albuquerque Seismological Observatory is partnering with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the National Science Foundation to deploy new seismometers in...
View ArticleInterior Department releases final 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Editor’s note: Posted November 14 following the end of the lapse in appropriations. The Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey, published the final 2025 List of Critical...
View ArticleDepartment of the Interior releases draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals
The Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey, has released the draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals and a report that outlines a new model for assessing how potential supply chain...
View ArticleInteractive Atlas of Critical Minerals
Critical minerals power the technology behind smartphones, computers and even fighter planes. The interactive Critical Minerals Atlas shows where these critical minerals are produced around the world....
View ArticleDepartment of the Interior launches effort to recover critical minerals from...
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...
View ArticleUSGS Releases Report on Oil and Gas Potential Beneath U.S. Public Lands
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...
View ArticleMapping, Mine Wastes and More Critical Minerals Science:
In 2024, the USGS developed new directions in critical mineral supply chain analysis, innovated new methods for assessing undiscovered mineral resources, and made progress towards characterizing...
View ArticleUSGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas in Southwest Wyoming,...
A new USGS report estimated 473 million barrels of oil and 27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are undiscovered and technically recoverable in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System in Southwest...
View ArticleInterior Highlights Critical Mineral Prospectivity on the Seafloor
The Interior Department highlighted USGS seafloor mineral science and a new factsheet on the potential for critical minerals on the global seafloor.
View ArticleAlmost 1,000 sea turtles returned to the wild after being saved from frigid...
After about a week of recovering from frigid temperatures that hit much of the Florida panhandle in late January, around 1,000 sea turtles rescued from cold waters have been returned to their habitat...
View ArticleSecuring the Nation’s Need for Native Seed
A new progress report showcases how partnership and federal investment have advanced the National Seed Strategy, a pragmatic tool for restoring healthy ecosystems.
View ArticleU.S. Geological Survey marks progress tracking nation's supply of critical...
This week the White House released the first Quadrennial Supply Chain review, detailing supply chains critical for national and economic security.
View ArticleGhost forests: Learn more as Halloween sneaks up!
Have you ever walked through a forest and felt a little spooked? Well, that’s definitely the vibe of ghost forests!
View ArticleA new strategy to help unleash USGS eDNA capabilities
Imagine you could use just a few drops of water to know what sorts of animals and plants were present in an area. What an incredible tool this would be. It could be used to look for rare species, to...
View ArticleTeenage citizen-scientist helps USGS confirm unique population of threatened...
The discovery of a previously-unknown population of threatened Ringed Map Turtles was released April 30
View ArticleTrout, beavers, drought, and a “precious” frog
Around the West, efforts to conserve and restore riparian habitats have primarily focused on trout and salmon. USGS science is showing that some restoration strategies, including enhancing remnant...
View ArticleEarthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute – What to do when the...
Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, including the possibility of damaging earthquakes along the northeastern United States. What should residents of the Big...
View ArticleUSGS scientists coordinate the rescue of over 60 sea turtles in cold weather...
When water temperatures drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it can mean life or death for Endangered Species Act-protected sea turtles. But scientists at the U.S. Geological survey are doing something...
View ArticleReflecting on Mauna Loa's Reawakening
For months, USGS monitoring had shown that Mauna Loa was inching close to an eruption. Just before midnight on Sunday, November 27, 2022, the wait was over.
View ArticleWhy we have better maps of Mars than of the seafloor—and what USGS is doing...
The ocean covers 71% of Earth’s surface. We know only a small fraction of what the land beneath the waves looks like.
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