USGS

Nominate your students for USGS summer internships

The US Geological Survey is seeking to create a pathway whereby students with excellent training in biological field methods…

Puerto Rico Seismic Network inaugurates new facilities at RUM

The Puerto Rico Seismic Network inaugurated its new headquarters at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez…

Student creates app to track the water reservoirs levels

Moisés Cardona, student at the Polytechnic University Student created the app "Tap the Button" for Android phones to track the…

Slow progress in improving South aquifers

The climate conditions in Puerto Rico are slowing the process of improving the aquifers in the South of the Island. To read the…

Economic crisis affects USGS scientific program

The economic crisis affecting the local government has caused the lost of data for some of the USGS scientific projects.…

Plenty of water in Puerto Rico, but collection inefficient

Puerto Rico collects just about a fifth of all the water available from run-off, underground aquifers, and reservoirs, which…

NOAA ship explores water around Puerto Rico

The ship Okeanos Explorer from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is conducting research around the…

Bioluminescent bay affected by weather conditions

The bioluminescent bay Laguna Grande in Fajardo was affected by the "surge of the dead" and contamiation concluded a study by…