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A version of this article appears in print on June 21, 2025, Section A, Page 16 of the New York edition with the headline: Maps Might Be Lost as Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys.

Emerging science shows geologic hydrogen, created under the Earth's crust naturally, may exist in pools that can be extracted for clean energy. A U.S. Geological Survey study of where geologic ...