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Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Landslide Legacy

Triggering more than 2,000 landslides in less than a week, historic storm challenged people’s understanding of regional landslide hazards and how to respond to them

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USGS Stands Ready for a Potentially Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

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USGS Coastal Storm Team gears up for 2025 hurricane season

Team provides essential science and information to decision-makers and communities for enhanced preparedness and recovery efforts

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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: How Wildfires Reshape Landscapes

Exploring USGS’s Role in Understanding Postfire Changes

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June 9, 2025

Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Landslide Legacy

In September 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall and unleashed widespread and destructive flooding, damaging winds, and extensive landslide activity...

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May 29, 2025

USGS Stands Ready for a Potentially Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane Season runs from June 1 through November 30. Throughout the season, the U.S. Geological Survey is prepared to aid coastal...

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May 28, 2025

USGS Coastal Storm Team gears up for 2025 hurricane season

As the 2025 hurricane season approaches, the U.S. Geological Survey Coastal Storm Team is leveraging data from past storms to support decision-makers...

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May 5, 2025

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: How Wildfires Reshape Landscapes

Wildfires reshape landscapes, both to the benefit and detriment of impacted areas. After the smoke clears, they can continue to cause hazards like...

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April 3, 2025

M7.7 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake

The USGS plays a pivotal role in providing critical earthquake data to the global community through a suite of advanced tools and resources. StoryMap...

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February 14, 2025

As directed by the President, the Gulf of America enters the USGS official place names database

USGS and the U.S. Board on Geographic Names have implemented name changes following Executive and Secretary’s Orders.

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January 15, 2025

Collaborative workshop spotlights machine learning to accelerate USGS critical mineral assessments

A collaboration between the USGS, DARPA, and ARPA-E called CriticalMAAS could deliver AI tools to solve the nation's critical mineral challenges.

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January 7, 2025

USGS-USAID Volcano Disaster Assistance Program honored with American Geophysical Union 2024 International Award

Award Winning U.S. Geological Survey Partnership

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December 23, 2024

Don’t eat that cookie! We need it for science.

How scientists use “tree cookies” and “root cookies” to study ecosystems

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December 19, 2024

The Night the Earth Shook

In late December 2004, one of the world’s most powerful earthquakes ever struck near Sumatra. This is the story of how USGS responded to the event as...

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December 18, 2024

USGS scientist fosters the future of STEM at Tennessee State University

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December 11, 2024

Tracking down commodity sources: The surprising role geoscience can play in assisting U.S. foreign policy

Since 2006, the USGS has collaborated with several international organizations working to track and monitor illegal mining and armed groups funded by...

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