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Sea Otters Can Get the Flu, Too

Sea Otters Can Get the Flu, Too

Northern sea otters living off the coast of Washington state were infected with the same H1N1 flu virus that caused the world-wide pandemic in 2009...

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Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Ever since the great magnitude 9.2 earthquake shook Alaska 50 years ago today, scientists have suspected that the quake's rupture halted at the...

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The Science Behind the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami

The Science Behind the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami

Why does the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Matter 50 Years Later? Scientific experts will talk about a half-century of scientific and monitoring...

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"Ultra Marathon Champion" Bird May Plan Flights Based on Weather Across Pacific

"Ultra Marathon Champion" Bird May Plan Flights Based on Weather Across Pacific

A recent U.S. Geological Survey-led study of the bar-tailed godwit, a shorebird known famously as the ultimate marathon champion of bird flight...

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25 Years After the Exxon Valdez, Sea Otter Population at Pre-Spill Levels

25 Years After the Exxon Valdez, Sea Otter Population at Pre-Spill Levels

Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill injured wildlife off the coast of Alaska, a new report issued today by the U.S. Geological Survey...

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Media Advisory: USGS to Host Congressional Briefing: Earthquake Science and Remaining Mysteries

Media Advisory: USGS to Host Congressional Briefing: Earthquake Science and Remaining Mysteries

It's 1964 in Alaska. Imagine 4.5 minutes of powerful ground shaking underneath you from a magnitude 9.2 earthquake. You and your loved ones are then...

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Sea Ice Decline and Permafrost Thaw Create Goose Habitat in Arctic Alaska

Sea Ice Decline and Permafrost Thaw Create Goose Habitat in Arctic Alaska

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey report that warming temperatures are leading to the creation of high quality habitats for geese along the...

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New Book Celebrates Cup’ik Youth

New Book Celebrates Cup’ik Youth

25 Years of Goose Banding and Conservation through Federal and Tribal Partnership on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Western Alaska

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Tracking Pacific Walrus: Expedition to the Shrinking Chukchi Sea Ice

Tracking Pacific Walrus: Expedition to the Shrinking Chukchi Sea Ice

A USGS film released in November 2012 will take you on a journey along with USGS researchers tracking walruses going about their daily lives in the...

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Pacific Walruses Studied as Sea Ice Melts

Pacific Walruses Studied as Sea Ice Melts

USGS Alaska Science Center researchers, in cooperation with the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, attached 74 satellite radio tags to Pacific...

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Projected Losses of Arctic Sea Ice and Polar Bear Habitat May Be Reduced if Greenhouse-Gas Emissions are Stabilized

Projected Losses of Arctic Sea Ice and Polar Bear Habitat May Be Reduced if Greenhouse-Gas Emissions are Stabilized

USGS-led research provides evidence that during this century there does not seem to be a tipping point at which sea-ice loss would become irreversible...

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