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Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Probabilistic forecasting of coastal wetland elevation and soil carbon response to sea-level rise Probabilistic forecasting of coastal wetland elevation and soil carbon response to sea-level rise ...
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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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USGS Cooperative National Geologic Map Now Covers 50 States, U.S. Territories

Alaska has a complex geologic history, and as a result, a rich tapestry of geologic hazards and endowed resources. The version 2 of the Cooperative National Geologic Map was able to bring that history ...
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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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Quantitative mineral resource assessment of lithium pegmatite deposits in the northern Appalachian orogen, USA

Authors Niki E. Wintzer, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, Jacob Evan Poletti, Dalton M. McCaffrey, Stanley Paul Mordensky, Erik Roger Tharalson, Collin Cronkite-Ratcliff ...
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Continues to Affect Wild Birds Across All Four U.S. Flyways

The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center is closely monitoring the ongoing impacts of highly pathogenic avian influenza on wild bird populations across the United States as the ...
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Value of U.S. mineral production rose last year, driven by precious metals prices

The USGS releases Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, the first and most authoritative source for mineral production, trade and consumption data ...
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USGS releases assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Woodford and Barnett shales

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of undiscovered gas and oil in the Woodford and Barnett shales in the Permian Basin, assessing that there are technically recoverable ...
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Department of the Interior launches effort to recover critical minerals from mine waste

The Department of the Interior is taking decisive steps to recover critical minerals essential to America’s economic strength, national defense, and energy future from mine waste, coal refuse, ...