Predicting Wildlife and Plant Responses to Solar Energy Development in the Desert Southwest
Utility-scale solar energy (USSE) is rapidly expanding and expected to compose the largest source of renewable-generated electricity in the United States and globally over the...
USGS Friday’s Findings – November 22, 2024
Tribes manage over 56 million acres and are a part of well over 200 formal co-stewardship agreements. DOI and USDA oversee over half a billion...
The Powerhouse of USGS Paleo-research
On a global scale, wetland systems have been affected by climate extremes, changing sea level, and population growth, reducing their capacity to moderate storm surge,...
Harvesting Knowledge: A Recap of the USGS-NPS Collaboration and Student Engagement at Effigy Mounds
Shannon Meppelink and Kendra Markland attended the biannual Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) meeting on Thursday, October 24th to provide an update on the USGS-NPS...
Strait Science Lecture Series
The USGS has cooperated with federal, state, and tribal partners to conduct research on Avian Influenza (AI) viruses and to assist with response to outbreaks...
Congratulations to Genevieve Kent for Winning this Issue’s Photo Contest!
This is a video of a parasite, commonly known as eye flukes, swimming in the eye of a sucker in our lab. The eye fluke...
A new science synthesis for public land management of the effects of noise from oil and gas development on raptors and songbirds
Scientific information is fundamental to understanding how proposed actions on public lands may impact the environment. Development of new science is occurring at rates that...
Fire up the 3D printer! It’s 2024 and it’s time to study some bats!
Sure, bats, like many animals can spread disease to one another when they are in close proximity, by touching and grooming one another. But did...
New research estimates the effectiveness of sagebrush restoration treatments across the sagebrush biome
USGS researchers are using remote-sensing and other broadscale datasets to study and predict recovery of sagebrush across the sage-grouse range, assessing influence of disturbance, restoration...
We’re Only as Healthy as our Ecosystems
Scientists attempted to save this elkhorn coral from bleaching in 2023 by installing a shade above it. The coral was part of a USGS study...