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Regional Super El Niño Impacts: Midwest U.S. | U.S. Geological Survey
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (167+ words) Explore the forecasted impacts of the 2026 El Niño on the Midwest U.S. and its implications for the management of natural resources. El Niño’s influence on Midwest winter precipitation varies across the region. There is a tendency for Michigan, Ohio,…...
Regional Super El Niño Impacts: Southwest U.S.
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (409+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Regional Super El Niño Impacts: Southwest U.S. Explore the forecasted impacts of the 2026 El Niño on the Southwest U.S. and its implications for the management of natural resources....
Is California going to "lose" a threatening volcano?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (348+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Is California going to "lose" a threatening volcano? It's National Preparedness Month, and USGS geologists are currently reassessing the list of young and threatening volcanoes in California and Nevada....
Land Treatment Exploration Tool 3.1 Launch
1+ week, 3+ day ago (149+ words) The U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management launched an updated version of the Land Treatment Exploration Tool. The Land Treatment Exploration Tool quickly summarizes a vast amount of information in an easily digestible format and bridges the gap between…...
USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories
1+ week, 3+ day ago (455+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories New version unlocks geology critical to understanding resources and hazards across the Nation RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey today…...
USGS and Nebraska Release First-Ever Statewide Map of Surface Geology
1+ week, 6+ day ago (186+ words) RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have released the first statewide map depicting the geology at Nebraska's land surface, closing a long-standing gap in the nation's geologic map coverage. Until now, Nebraska had no modern…...
Bat_Vaccination_Yuma | U.S. Geological Survey
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (13+ words) Bat_Vaccination_Yuma usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS...
Critical Mineral Focus Areas in the Conterminous United States Infographic Poster
2+ week, 2+ day ago (89+ words) (24" X 36" original size) Data products associated with this multimedia image: Multimedia items associated with this multimedia item: This map shows the mineral systems map from the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI). Through Earth MRI, USGS brings together federal and…...
From Maybe to Mineable: terms to describe mineral resources and reserves
2+ week, 6+ day ago (155+ words) From Maybe to Mineable Scientists use different terms to communicate the strength of evidence - or uncertainty - for mineable minerals. On a scale from less information and higher uncertainty to more information and lower uncertainty: 1. Undiscovered resources are expected to exist…...
August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 plume at sunset
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (101+ words) This wide-angle, panoramic photo from the northwest rim of Halemaʻumaʻu shows the outgassing plume from Kīlauea summit eruption episode 53 lofting vertically and then drifting west—towards the summit of Mauna Loa—on August 12, 2026. The sun was setting behind the plume,…...