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    Date published: July 31, 2019

    New Partnership to Build Public Awareness of Global Earthquake Risk

    USGS and the Global Earthquake Model Foundation take steps to save lives worldwide

    Attribution: Core Science Systems, Natural Hazards, Earthquake Hazards Program, Global Seismographic Network, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS), Science Application for Risk Reduction
    USGS 2019 PECASE Awardees
    Date published: July 29, 2019

    USGS Awardees of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

    The U.S. Geological Survey is celebrating the success of eight distinguished researchers who are recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

    Attribution: Energy and Minerals, Mineral Resources Program, Region 1: North Atlantic-Appalachian, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, National Minerals Information Center
    Map of shaking intensity southern California region
    Date published: July 6, 2019

    Update: Magnitude 7.1 Earthquake in Southern California

    Updated on July 19. Visit the USGS earthquake event page for more information.

    Attribution: Natural Hazards, Earthquake Hazards Program
    Image: Shipwreck in Palmyra Atoll
    Date published: June 21, 2019

    Celebrate Oceans Month – USGS Science on the Seas

    Our Earth is indeed a watery planet – nearly two-thirds of its surface is covered by water. And all but 3% of that water covers land submerged under the oceans. Our seas are the source of living and non-living resources that we rely on for food, recreation, protection from storms, energy and minerals, and so much more.

    Attribution: Natural Hazards, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Earthquake Hazards Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
    Image: Honey Bees Make Life Sweet
    Date published: June 20, 2019

    Honey Bee Helpers: It Takes a Village to Conserve a Colony

    Do you eat fruits and vegetables? What about nuts? If so, you can thank an insect pollinator, usually a honey bee. These small insects play a major role in pollinating the world’s plants, including those we eat regularly. They also increase our nation’s crop values each year by more than 15 billion dollars.

    Attribution: Ecosystems, Region 5: Missouri Basin, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
    Map of shaking intensity Changning, China region
    Date published: June 17, 2019

    Updated: Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake in Sichuan Province, China

    A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Sichuan Province near Changning, China on June 17, 2019 at 10:56 pm local time (14:56 UTC).

    Image: Leafcutter Bee at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
    Date published: June 17, 2019

    Test your bee and other pollinator knowledge!

    It’s pollinator week and USGS is providing science to better understand the status of pollinator species. Here’s the chance to test your knowledge about bees and other pollinators, with our pollinator week quiz!  And let us know on FB or Twitter how you did!

    Attribution: Ecosystems
    MODIS image of Hurricane Harvey
    Date published: May 31, 2019

    The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Here, USGS is Ready

    The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and the U.S. Geological Survey is prepared to provide science that can help guide efforts to protect lives and property if a major storm makes landfall this season.

    Attribution: Core Science Systems, Natural Hazards, Water Resources, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, National Geospatial Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
    Map of shaking intensity north-central Peru
    Date published: May 26, 2019

    Magnitude 8.0 Earthquake in Peru

    A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck north-central Peru on May 26, 2019 at 2:41 am local time (07:41 UTC). 

    Attribution: Natural Hazards, Earthquake Hazards Program
    Two drones hover in observation
    Date published: May 13, 2019

    A Tale of Two Drones

    Unmanned Aircraft Used to “Sniff” Methane Gas Escaping from Thawing Permafrost

    11:47 a.m. HST. Scientist measures the surface temperature of a cra...
    Date published: May 8, 2019

    USGS Scientific Team Selected as a Finalist for the “Oscars” of Government Service

    The team at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is one of several finalists nominated for the 2019 Service to America Medals.

    Attribution: Natural Hazards, Volcano Hazards Program Office, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Kīlauea
    Mount Rainier rises above Tacoma, Washington and boat harbor, which...
    Date published: May 6, 2019

    The National Volcano Early Warning System (NVEWS) will help USGS better monitor nation’s most dangerous volcanoes

    In September 2004, USGS scientists detected sudden, but unmistakable, signs that Mount St. Helens was waking up. Volcano monitors had picked up the occurrence of hundreds of small earthquakes and other signals that the volcano’s crater floor had begun to rise. Within a week, several eruptions blasted clouds of ash into the atmosphere, and soon after, a new lava dome emerged in the crater.

    Attribution: California Volcano Observatory, Cascades Volcano Observatory, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
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