The Minnesota River overflowed its banks on Sept. 24, 2010, after more than 7 inches of rain fell in less than an hour. Emergency managers around the country who may not have the bandwidth or time to ...

POLK COUNTY, Minn. – When Tim Cowdery – a now-retired hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey – published a report in 2019 highlighting more than a decade of research at Glacial Ridge National ...

A study of 127 shallow gas wells drilled in Arkansas found no evidence that the use of hydraulic fracturing resulted in contamination of area groundwater supplies, the United States Geological Survey ...

This photo shows Buck Creek, Idaho, one year after a wildfire burned the watershed. Buck Creek was one of 36 headwater streams in watersheds burned by wildfire that USGS scientists studied to ...

A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA’s health reference level. The U.S. Geological Survey mapped for the first time ...

One of the final products for the Black Hills Hydrology Study, "Atlas of Water Resources in the Black Hills Area, South Dakota," was recently reprinted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation ...

A new study by the United States Geological Survey found that toxic "forever chemicals" were found in 45% of drinking water samples tested by the agency. These chemicals, which earned the "forever" ...

AMHERST, Mass. — New England is warming faster than any other part of the United States due to climate change. Part of the havoc a warming world wreaks is on the “water budget”—the frequency, timing ...

RESTON, Va. -- What if the U.S. Geological Survey said there’s enough lithium beneath Arkansas to meet the global demand for car batteries nine times over by 2030? Well, it has. In a study the USGS ...

A regional coalition of 13 hydrologists recently sent a letter to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division stating the agency is using the wrong data to analyze the potential impacts of the ...

Learning outcomes: This session will provide an overview of USGS geology library tools to help indigenous researchers and to obtain publications by indigenous authors for humanities and natural ...