U.S. Geological Survey 21st-Century science strategy 2020–2030

First posted January 19, 2021 For additional information, contact: Send email to [email protected]. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley DriveReston, VA 20192 Today’s Earth system challenges are far more complex and urgent than those that existed in 1879 when the USGS was established. Society’s greatest directly or indirectly linked major areas of science. Increased pressures on natural resources continue with consequences for national security, food water availability, disasters, human health, biodiversity loss. As we look forward 10, 20, 30 years, our mission will be important ever before. A broad but coherent view is required stewardship Nation’s land, water, mineral, energy, ecosystem resources, which involves tradeoffs among multiple, often competing objectives. Increasingly, resource managers decision makers need “the whole USGS”:integrated multidisciplinary biological science data,geospatial tools,predictive models,decision-support tools, andthe expertise interpret them.This Science Strategy defines a vision how evolve address these challenges.