Beyond Pesticides

Advocates and Scientists Urge that USGS Pesticide Data Program Be Elevated, Not Eliminated as Proposed

(Beyond Pesticides, July 25, 2023) How can scientists fight the elimination of national pesticide data? More data! A new report surveys 58 academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations, government officials, and businesses to measure the scientific ...
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On PFAS, US Geological Services Shades the Data

Earlier this month, the headline “New Study Finds PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water from 45% of Faucets Across US” led many news reports. That's after 32 individual PFAS were tested and found in both private and public water supplies ...
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Did you feel it? How self-reporting earthquake data benefits U.S. Geological Survey's research

Some people in northern San Luis Obispo county felt a 3.5 magnitude earthquake Wednesday morning. While the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was ready with alerts and immediate information, the agency says self-reporting from local residents also helps ...
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Assuring Data Quality at U.S. Geological Survey Laboratories

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission is to provide reliable and impartial scientific information to understand Earth, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, and manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources. Data ...
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USGS Maps $2.55 Trillion Gold Deposit Hidden Across America’s Land

The U.S. Geological Survey has transformed how the nation understands its mineral wealth. The agency's 2025 assessment reveals $2.55 trillion in identified and undiscovered gold deposits beneath American soil—a treasure map that stretches from Alaska's ...
Circle of Blue

The USGS: The Gold Standard

For more than a century, the U.S. Geological Survey has honed the science of water monitoring. The U.S. Geological Survey is the federal government’s premiere Earth science agency and the world’s gold standard for water monitoring. Since 1889 when the ...
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OGC approves new standard for geological science data

No audio available for this content. The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has approved GeoSciML as an OGC Standard. The OGC GeoSciML Standard defines a model and encoding for geological features commonly described and portrayed in ...