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Summary: Multiple overflows and low fountaining occurred from the north vent over the past 24 hours. Kīlauea's summit remains at a high level of pressurization with changes in eruptive activity or ...
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Media Alert: Low-level Flights to Image Geology over Eastern California

Low-level airplane flights will begin in early October over eastern California and a sliver of western Nevada to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 Data Release

This database contains the United States salient statistics and world production statistics for over 90 nonfuel mineral commodities. Salient statistics for the United States includes items such as ...
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Media Alert: Low-level airplane and helicopter flights to resume scanning geology over southern, central New Mexico

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level flights by airplane and helicopter over southern and central New Mexico to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey ...
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Volcano Watch — Hawaii Five-O! Fifty fountaining episodes at Kīlauea summit

Photo compilation of lava fountaining episodes 1–50 in the ongoing eruption at the summit of Kīlauea, including webcam imagery and photos taken by USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists on the ...
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Oops, it did it again: Another small hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin

Early on the morning of Saturday, June 13, 2026, a small hydrothermal explosion occurred at Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park. Although smaller than the explosion that occurred in the same ...
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USGS: Lithium in Carolinas Could Replace Imports for a Century or More

RESTON, Va. — The southern Appalachian region of the eastern United States contains an estimated 1.43 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium oxide, enough to replace 201 ...
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Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights to image geology of Lake Superior Basin

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey plans low-level helicopter flights over the Lake Superior Basin in western Michigan, northern Wisconsin, and northeastern Minnesota to image geology using ...
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USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Bossier Formation of Gulf Coast

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of undiscovered gas and oil in the Bossier Formation along the Gulf Coast, assessing that there are technically recoverable resources ...
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Western Migrations

The Western Migrations web application uses an interactive map to foster exploration of detailed migration routes, stopovers, and winter ranges across the West. Filter the data by species, state, ...
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Elevated geogenic contaminants common in drinking water aquifers across the U.S.

For example, summer irrigation of crops and urban landscapes has caused shallow, young groundwater that contains high concentrations of uranium to migrate deeper to drinking water aquifers. Such is ...