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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Northeast...
Summary: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Northeast Climate Science Center (NE CSC) is awarding nearly $700,000 to universities and other partners for research to...
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What's Being Done to Protect the Great Lakes?
Summary:New and improved science tools can help managers and researchers evaluate current threats and develop management strategies to protect and restore the valuable Great Lakes ecosystemNew Products...
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Científicos ponen a prueba los teléfonos móviles inteligentes para la...
Summary:Los teléfonos móviles y otros dispositivos electrónicos personales podrían ayudar en las regiones donde se encuentran en uso generalizado, y pueden funcionar como sistemas de alerta para...
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Researchers Test Smartphones for Earthquake Warning
Summary:Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes according to newly reported...
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Projected Warming of Wisconsin Streams Could Negatively Affect Trout
Summary:Annual average stream temperatures in the Trout Lake watershed, Wisconsin, could increase from one to three degrees Celsius by the year 2100, which might negatively affect cold water fish like...
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Hydraulic Fracturing (Frac) Sand Sources and Production in the United States
Summary:Newly released research from the U.S. Geological Survey describes U.S. hydraulic fracturing (frac) sand deposits and their locations, and provides estimates of frac sand production,...
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Interior's Northeast Climate Science Center Releases Report to Help State...
Summary:Interior Department’s Northeast Climate Science Center has released a report today synthesizing the latest information on the vulnerability of species and ecosystems to climate change in a...
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Media Advisory: Scientists and Officials Celebrate 40 Years of Groundbreaking...
Summary:Representatives from the offices of Senator Tammy Baldwin, Senator Ron Johnson and Congressman Mark Pocan will join leaders from the U.S. Geological Survey, federal and state partners and city...
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Grass Carp Eggs Compromised by Settling on Streambeds
Summary: Grass carp egg survival is compromised when they settle on streambeds and are potentially covered by sediments, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. It has been long assumed...
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New Remote Sensing Handbook Published
Summary:A newly published, three-volume “Remote Sensing Handbook” is a comprehensive coverage of all remote sensing topics written by over 300 leading global experts.Contact Information:Prasad...
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New Tool Can Determine the Sources of Mercury Found in the Great Lakes
Summary:For the first time, land and resource managers in the Great Lakes will be able to distinguish between the various sources of mercury in the environment, a toxic chemical of significant concern...
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Badger State Maps Put TIGER in the Tank
Summary:The USGS US Topo map program has entered its third, three-year cycle of revising and updating the digital US Topo mapsUpdated US Topo maps for Wisconsin add Census Bureau road dataContact...
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Visualize Your Water: A Citizen Science Challenge for High School Students
Summary: Today, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announce Visualize Your Water, a citizen science challenge for high school students who live in the Great Lakes...
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Media Advisory: USGS Goes Airborne to Define What Minerals Lie Beneath the...
Summary: Beginning in early April and continuing for approximately two weeks, the U.S. Geological Survey will conduct an aerial survey designed to scan the upper part of the earth’s crust.Residents in...
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Media Advisory: Second Round of USGS Studies Begin to Define What Minerals...
Summary: U.S. Geological Survey scientists will conduct a high-resolution airborne survey to study the rock layers under a region of the south-central Upper Peninsula, Michigan, and parts of...
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