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- Fireworks likely caused water contamination at Mount Rushmore (2016) https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/fireworks-likely-caused-water-contamination-mount-rushmore 46 comments
- Why is the ocean salty? (2022) https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-ocean-salty 176 comments
- How much gold has been found in the world? https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-gold-has-been-found-world 72 comments
- New Geologic Map Reveals Portland's Deep History https://www.usgs.gov/news/volcanoes-vineyards-new-geologic-map-reveals-portlands-deep-history 14 comments
- USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-announces-largest-continuous-oil-assessment-texas-and-new-mexico 82 comments
- China’s domestic and foreign influence in the global cobalt supply chain https://www.usgs.gov/publications/chinas-domestic-and-foreign-influence-global-cobalt-supply-chain 9 comments economics
- The Caves of Mars: The USGS Astrogeology Science Center has released locations of more than a thousand cave-entrance candidates on Mars. https://www.usgs.gov/news/caves-mars 291 comments space
- Volcanos can affect climate https://www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP/volcanoes-can-affect-climate 24 comments climate
- Fossilized Footprints Reveal Human Habitation of North America Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought https://www.usgs.gov/news/fossilized-footprints-reveal-human-habitation-north-america-thousands-years-earlier-previously 5 comments science
- Yellowstone's migrating bison manipulate springtime green-up https://www.usgs.gov/news/yellowstones-migrating-bison-manipulate-springtime-green 3 comments science
- USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment in Texas and New Mexico. Estimates Include 46.3 Billion Barrels of Oil, 281 Trillion Cubic feet of Natural Gas, and 20 Billion Barrels of Natural Gas Liquids in Texas and New Mexico’s Wolfcamp Shale and Bone Spring Formation. https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-announces-largest-continuous-oil-assessment-texas-and-new-mexico?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=de-basin-2018 3 comments science
- A study has shown eductions in water use first observed in 2010 continue, show ongoing effort towards “efficient use of critical water resources.” Water use across the country reached its lowest recorded level in 45 years. https://www.usgs.gov/news/water-use-across-united-states-declines-levels-not-seen-1970 3 comments science
- Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows - Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to new article in Nature Geoscience. https://www.usgs.gov/news/previous-evidence-water-mars-now-identified-grainflows 10 comments space
- Previous Evidence of Water on Mars Now Identified as Grainflows - Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to new article in Nature Geoscience. https://www.usgs.gov/news/previous-evidence-water-mars-now-identified-grainflows 70 comments science
- Study Links Major Floods in North America and Europe to Multi-Decade Ocean Patterns https://www.usgs.gov/news/study-links-major-floods-north-america-and-europe-multi-decade-ocean-patterns 7 comments science
- Glaciers Rapidly Shrinking and Disappearing: 50 Years of Glacier Change in Montana https://www.usgs.gov/news/glaciers-rapidly-shrinking-and-disappearing-50-years-glacier-change-montana 3 comments science
- In Next Decades, Frequency of Coastal Flooding Will Double Globally https://www.usgs.gov/news/next-decades-frequency-coastal-flooding-will-double-globally 17 comments worldnews
- Researchers found the sea floor eroding in five large coral reef tracts, and the reefs cannot keep pace with sea level rise. As a result, coastal communities protected by the reefs are facing increased risks from storms, waves and erosion. https://www.usgs.gov/news/sea-floor-erosion-coral-reef-ecosystems-leaves-coastal-communities-risk 6 comments science
- Using a newly-developed computer model scientists predict that with limited human intervention, 31% to 67% of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded (up to existing coastal infrastructure or sea-cliffs) by the year 2100 under scenarios of sea-level rise of one to two meters. https://www.usgs.gov/news/disappearing-beaches-modeling-shoreline-change-southern-california 4 comments science
- Climate change is making desert soil color lighter, reflecting more sunlight back into atmosphere. https://www.usgs.gov/news/changing-temperatures-and-precipitation-may-affect-living-skin-drylands 6 comments science
- Gas Hydrate Breakdown Unlikely to Cause Massive Greenhouse Gas Release https://www.usgs.gov/news/gas-hydrate-breakdown-unlikely-cause-massive-greenhouse-gas-release 6 comments science
- Short $COAL. USGS Estimates 20 Billion Barrels of Oil in Texas’ Wolfcamp Shale Formation. https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-estimates-20-billion-barrels-oil-texas-wolfcamp-shale-formation 3 comments wallstreetbets
- USGS Updates Mancos Shale Gas Assessment. Estimates 66 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas in Colorado’s Mancos Shale Formation https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-estimates-66-trillion-cubic-feet-natural-gas-colorado-s-mancos-shale-formation 3 comments science
- Pharmaceuticals Commonly Detected in Small Southeastern Streams: At least one pharmaceutical chemical was detected in all 59 streams sampled https://www.usgs.gov/news/pharmaceuticals-commonly-detected-small-streams-southeastern-united-states 8 comments science
- First Global Topographic Map of Mercury Released https://www.usgs.gov/news/first-global-topographic-map-mercury-released 7 comments space
- USGS Release: USGS Projects Large Loss of Alaska Permafrost by 2100 (11/30/2015 1:35:24 PM) http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=4400&from=rss#.vncrhghomf0 3 comments science
- "Mutant" Fossils Reveal Toxic Metals May Have Contributed to World’s Largest Extinctions http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=4311#.vetl-9o6ers 4 comments science
- New USGS report: "Earthquake activity has sharply increased since 2009 in the central and eastern United States. The increase has been linked to industrial operations that dispose of wastewater by injecting it into deep wells." http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=4202 12 comments politics
- Historical Hydraulic Fracturing Trends and Data Unveiled in New USGS Publications http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=4113&from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feed%3A+usgs%2Fnewseverything+%28newsroom+-+everything%29#.vmk2rwd0ziv 3 comments science
- Sea otters can get the flu, too: Human H1N1 pandemic virus infected Washington State sea otters http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3864#.u0tgoaisz95 3 comments science
- Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Likely Harmed Threatened Kentucky Fish Species http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?utm_campaign=ewri-20131028-eupdate&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eloqua&id=3677&elq=6dce55b36e5f4acbbeffbf3f728d36b7&elqcampaignid=2282#.um-zrvlwris 73 comments science
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey: Fracking fluids likely contaminated waters, kills protected fish. http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3677 7 comments politics
- Warmer Springs Causing Loss of Snow Cover throughout the Rocky Mountains http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3587&from=rss_home#.uzi8hrjejqy 8 comments science
- "Predicted population increases in this century can be expected to translate into more people dying from earthquakes.", says USGS engineering geologist Thomas Holzer. http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3513&from=rss_home 5 comments science
- Landsat 5, the oldest satellite watching Earth, is shutting down after almost 30 years http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3485&from=rss 4 comments space
- Not-So-Permanent Permafrost | USGS http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3436#.ulkd3kvb3e0 3 comments science
- USGS: Mississippi River Flows Backwards Due to Hurricane Isaac http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=3387&from=rss_home 6 comments science
- 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation—25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate— http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=1911 11 comments politics
- US Geological Survey offering free satellite images, data http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=2347 8 comments science
- USGS Release: 3 to 4.3 Billion Barrels of Technically Recoverable Oil Assessed in North Dakota and Montana’s Bakken Formation—25 Times More Than 1995 Estimate. http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?id=1911 2 comments reddit.com