Wednesday - December 31, 2025
*Virginia Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Friday December 26, 2025 ( 5 items )  

USGS Maps Groundwater Basins to Guide Water Management in Southern California Tribal Lands
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5073 titled 'Hydrogeologic characterization of the Cahuilla Valley and Terwilliger Valley Groundwater Basins, Riverside County, California,' authored by Christina L. Stamos, Allen H. Christensen, Geoffrey Cromwell, Meghan C. Dick, Christopher P. Ely, Elizabeth R. Jachens, Sarah E. Ogle and MacKenzie M. Shepherd. Prepared in cooperation with the Ramona Band of Cahuilla and issued in 2025  more

USGS Maps Sand-Rich Seafloor to Support Mississippi Coast Restoration
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has published Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5100 titled 'Shallow geologic framework of the Mississippi Sound and the potential for sediment resources,' authored by James Flocks and Arnell Forde. Produced in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, the document, issued in 2025 from the agency's Reston, Virginia, headquarters, outlines the geologic setting and sediment resource potential of the Mississip  more

USGS Probes Decades of Algal Bloom Risks at Colorado's Blue Mesa Reservoir
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has issued Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5109, titled 'Environmental Characterization of Blue Mesa Reservoir and Potential Causes of and Management Strategies for Harmful Algal Blooms, 1970 through 2023, Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado,' by Katherine Walton-Day, Natalie K. Day, M. Alisa Mast, Rachel G. Gidley, Evan J. Gohring, Tyler V. King, Warren C. Day, Nicole D. Gibney and Nancy J. Bauch. Released in 2025 from t  more

USGS Study Uses Color to Make Streamflow Maps Easier to Read
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5085 titled 'Using visualization science to inform the design of environmental decision-support tools--A case study of the U.S. Geological Survey WaterWatch,' by Michael D. Gerst, Melissa A. Kenney and Emily Read. Issued in 2025 from the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia, the report, produced under the Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program, evaluates how color choices   more

USGS Unveils Probabilistic Blueprint for Using Depleted Fields as Underground Gas Storage
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5108 titled 'A probabilistic assessment methodology for the evaluation of geologic energy storage capacity--Natural gas storage in depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs,' authored by Marc L. Buursink, Ashton M. Wiens, Matthew M. Jones, Brian A. Varela, Philip A. Freeman, Sean T. Brennan, Matthew D. Merrill and Peter D. Warwick. Issued in 2025 from the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virgini  more