Low-level flights over California and Nevada will map geological data to inform mineral and seismic assessments.
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October 5, 2026
USGS Mapped 1,271 Critical Mineral DepositsThe expanded database aims to reduce dependency on foreign mineral sources through domestic site identification.
October 2, 2026
NASA Issued New Geosphere Research OpportunityThe agency released Amendment 77 for the ROSES-2025 program to solicit new Earth science research proposals.
September 30, 2026
USGS Released Beta 3D Topography Project TrackerThe new tool provides transparency into 3DEP lidar acquisition schedules across the United States.
September 30, 2026
Scientists Mapped Rocky Reefs Off U.S. West CoastA new collaborative dataset identifies crucial groundfish habitats along the Pacific shoreline.
September 30, 2026
USGS Study Found Barrier Island Recovery IncompleteNew research shows that human interventions failed to fully restore sediment levels at barrier islands after Hurricane Sandy.
September 30, 2026
Extreme Ice Survey Transferred Archive to NSIDCThe 1.5 million image record of global glacier retreat is now available as a public domain research resource.
September 29, 2026
USGS Released Remote Sensing Phenology Data for 2025The data set provides seasonal timing and productivity metrics for tracking vegetation growth across the United States.
September 29, 2026
USGS Corrected Landsat 2 and 3 Data ErrorsEngineers resolved persistent brightness and cloud-masking inaccuracies across 44,000 legacy satellite images.
September 29, 2026
USGS Mapped 1,271 Domestic Critical Mineral DepositsThe newly released database catalogues deposits across 41 states to bolster domestic supply chains.
September 29, 2026
Google Maps Bug Dropped Business Pins Into OceanA mapping error has incorrectly positioned service area business profiles within the ocean on Google Maps.
