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Land Treatment Exploration Tool 3.1 Launch
1+ week, 2+ 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…...
August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 plume at sunset
1+ mon, 5+ 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,…...
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...
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....
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…...
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....
Flooding on Interstate 70 in Ohio, August 21, 2026
3+ week, 1+ day ago (58+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Flooding on Interstate 70 in Ohio, August 21, 2026 USGS field crews monitor stream gages and flood impact on closed Interstate 70 in Ohio. I-70 was closed due to Buckeye Lake spilling over into…...
August 25, 2026 — Kīlauea summit eruption episode 54
2+ week, 4+ day ago (126+ words) The landscape at the summit of Kīlauea has changed during the course of the episodic lava fountaining eruption that began in December 2024. This photograph, taken during episode 54 on August 25, 2026, shows the impressive hill of tephra on the west rim of…...
August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 spatter-fed flow
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (52+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 spatter-fed flow Lava fountaining episode 53 at the summit of Kīlauea started on August 12 at 3:45 p.m. HST and ended on August 13 at 1:23 a.m. HST....