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Is California going to "lose" a threatening volcano?
1+ week, 4+ 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....
USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories
1+ week, 2+ 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…...
Bat_Vaccination_Yuma | U.S. Geological Survey
2+ week, 6+ day 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, 1+ 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, 5+ 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 25, 2026 — Episode 54 at Kīlauea summit
2+ week, 4+ day ago (49+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS August 25, 2026 — Episode 54 at Kīlauea summit Episode 54 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea began at 10:30 a.m. HST on August 25, 2026....
Help Shape the Future of USGS Topographic Mapping
3+ week, 1+ day ago (37+ words) usgs.gov topoBuilder is driven by user feedback, and now it’s easier than ever to have your voice heard with the newly released survey feature accessible in the topoBuilder application....
August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 plume at sunset
1+ mon, 6+ hour 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,…...
An expanded understanding of the Lava Creek Tuff eruption
3+ week, 6+ day ago (783+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS An expanded understanding of the Lava Creek Tuff eruption Supereruptions are often imaged to be massive instantaneous events. New geological evidence from Yellowstone, however, shows that these eruptions are…...