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Regional Super El Niño Impacts: Northeast U.S.
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (231+ words) Explore the forecasted impacts of the 2026 El Niño on the Northeast U.S. and its implications for the management of natural resources. Forecasters expect a stronger jet stream with deeper troughs and associated storms that track further south and east…...
Images - Kīlauea | U.S. Geological Survey
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (565+ words) Kīlauea images of eruptive activity, field work, and more. Seaward sliding of Kīlauea's south flank over many thousands of years has resulted in large ground displacements along shallow faults that break the surface, as shown by the cliffs ("pali" in…...
Liquid Water Content Measurements from Bridger Bowl Ski Area, MT, March and April 2025
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (38+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Liquid Water Content Measurements from Bridger Bowl Ski Area, MT, March and April 2025...
Land Treatment Exploration Tool 3.1 Launch
1+ week, 2+ day ago (149+ words) The U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management launched an updated version of the Land Treatment Exploration Tool. The Land Treatment Exploration Tool quickly summarizes a vast amount of information in an easily digestible format and bridges the gap between…...
Photo & Video Chronology — USGS HVO supports Hurricane Lala response
2+ week, 3+ day ago (217+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory supported the response to Hurricane Lala, which affected the Hawaiian Islands the weekend of August 15. On Friday, August 21, HVO organized a helicopter LiDAR mission…...
Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit episode 54 | U.S. Geological Survey
2+ week, 4+ day ago (40+ words) Photo & Video Chronology — Kīlauea summit episode 54 usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Episode 54 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea began at 10:30 a.m. HST on August 25, 2026....
In SF Bay, even an exceptionally wet year can’t supply enough sediment to keep pace with rising seas, new study finds
2+ week, 5+ day ago (603+ words) Extreme rainfall can send huge amounts of sediment rushing off hillsides and into streams. But a new USGS study finds that even an exceptionally wet year may deliver only a small fraction of that sediment to San Francisco Bay—far…...
Flooding on Interstate 70 in Ohio, August 21, 2026
3+ week, 1+ day ago (58+ words) usgs.gov Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS Flooding on Interstate 70 in Ohio, August 21, 2026 USGS field crews monitor stream gages and flood impact on closed Interstate 70 in Ohio. I-70 was closed due to Buckeye Lake spilling over into…...
Volcano Watch — A thank you letter to the HVO field technicians
3+ week, 2+ day ago (249+ words) Did you feel that earthquake? Time to check the location and magnitude. Do you need to find out how much Kīlauea summit region has repressurized since the last eruption? You can check tiltmeter data in about three clicks. Is the…...
August 12, 2026 — Episode 53 plume at sunset
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (101+ words) This wide-angle, panoramic photo from the northwest rim of Halemaʻumaʻu shows the outgassing plume from Kīlauea summit eruption episode 53 lofting vertically and then drifting west—towards the summit of Mauna Loa—on August 12, 2026. The sun was setting behind the plume,…...