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Storage and Treatment of Liquid Waste from Landfills Doesn’t Remove All Contaminants, Including Pharmaceuticals

Storage and Treatment of Liquid Waste from Landfills Doesn’t Remove All Contaminants, Including Pharmaceuticals

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey details that even after the storage and/or treatment of leachate – liquid waste that moves through or...
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Arctic Tundra Fire Causes Widespread Permafrost Landscape Changes

Arctic Tundra Fire Causes Widespread Permafrost Landscape Changes

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Large and severe tundra fires cause top down permafrost thaw, playing a major role in altering Arctic landscapes according to a...

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Removing Nitrogen from Groundwater Has New Ally: Anammox

Removing Nitrogen from Groundwater Has New Ally: Anammox

USGS scientists have conducted the first-ever field measurements of anammox activity in groundwater, demonstrating that nitrogen removal from...
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Native Bees Foraging in Fields Are Exposed to Neonicotinoid Insecticides and other Pesticides

Native Bees Foraging in Fields Are Exposed to Neonicotinoid Insecticides and other Pesticides

According to the first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees, native bees are exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other...
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New Tool Rates Stream Vulnerability to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

New Tool Rates Stream Vulnerability to Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

On average, streams in the Niobrara-Mowry Play of eastern Wyoming, Fayetteville Play of Arkansas, and Barnett Play of Texas ranked most vulnerable to...
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Genetic Study Confirms Growth of Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Population

Genetic Study Confirms Growth of Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Population

BOZEMAN, Mont. – Genetic data show the grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem has grown since the 1980s with no loss in genetic...

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Invasive Northern Snakehead Carries Bacteria as Bad as its Bite

Invasive Northern Snakehead Carries Bacteria as Bad as its Bite

The invasive northern snakehead fish found in the mid-Atlantic area is now cause for more concern, potentially bringing diseases into the region that...

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Everglades’ Alligator Numbers Drop after Dry Years

Everglades’ Alligator Numbers Drop after Dry Years

Alligators and the Everglades go hand-in-hand, and as water conditions change in the greater Everglades ecosystem, gators are one of the key species...
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Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems, Part 1 - Understanding and Applying Restoration

Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems, Part 1 - Understanding and Applying Restoration

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Heightened interest in advancing sage-grouse conservation has increased the importance of sagebrush-steppe restoration to recover or...
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EarthWord: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN)

EarthWord: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN)

Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) is an infectious viral disease of salmon and trout.

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Joint Venture, U.S. Geological Survey Join Forces

Joint Venture, U.S. Geological Survey Join Forces

Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the U.S. Geological Survey today jointly announced a partnership to address regional challenges from natural hazards...

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New Model Improves Predictions for How Climate Change Will Affect Fish Habitat

New Model Improves Predictions for How Climate Change Will Affect Fish Habitat

A new approach by U.S. Geological Survey scientists to modeling water temperatures resulted in more realistic predictions of how climate change will...

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