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John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis

Offering the opportunity for emergent knowledge in Earth system science through collaborative analysis and synthesis.

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Powell Center Seminar: City-Scale Geothermal Energy Everywhere to Support Renewable Resilience – a Transcontinental Cooperation

Powell Center Seminar: City-Scale Geothermal Energy Everywhere to Support Renewable Resilience – a Transcontinental Cooperation

Non-native plants consistently drive changes in functional traits of plant communities

Non-native plants consistently drive changes in functional traits of plant communities

Powell Center Working Groups - Class of 2025

Powell Center Working Groups - Class of 2025

Publications

John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis Newsletter, volume 7, issue 1

The John Wesley Powell Center for Synthesis & Analysis is a USGS initiative that aims to foster innovative thinking in Earth system science through collaborative analysis and synthesis of existing data and information. The Powell Center supports working groups that address some of the most pressing and complex questions facing society, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, nat
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Jill Baron, Demi Jasmine Bingham

Possibility for reverse zoonotic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to free-ranging wildlife: A case study of bats

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the substantial public health, economic, and societal consequences of virus spillover from a wildlife reservoir. Widespread human transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also presents a new set of challenges when considering viral spillover from people to naïve wildlife and other animal populations. The establishment of new wild
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Kevin J. Olival, Paul M. Cryan, Brian R. Amman, Ralph S. Baric, David S. Blehert, Cara E. Brook, Charles H. Calisher, Kevin T. Castle, Jeremy T. H. Coleman, Peter Daszak, Jonathan H. Epstein, Hume Field, Winifred F. Frick, Amy T. Gilbert, David T. S. Hayman, Hon S. Ip, William B Karesh, Christine K. Johnson, Rebekah C. Kading, Tigga Kingston, Jeffrey M. Lorch, Ian H. Mendenhall, Alison J. Peel, Kendra L. Phelps, Raina K. Plowright, DeeAnn M. Reeder, Jonathan D. Reichard, Jonathan M. Sleeman, Daniel G. Streicker, Jonathan S. Towner, Lin-Fa Wang

Science

A Global Synthesis of Flood Impacts: Understanding the Country-level Vulnerability and Causes

The escalating flood impacts on natural resources, built infrastructure, and human society have become a pressing global concern in the 21st century.
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A Global Synthesis of Flood Impacts: Understanding the Country-level Vulnerability and Causes

The escalating flood impacts on natural resources, built infrastructure, and human society have become a pressing global concern in the 21st century.
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Defining subsidy–stress gradients for metals and relevance for US surface waters

Metals like iron, copper, and zinc are naturally occurring in soils and water, and they are important essential nutrients for animals and plants.
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Defining subsidy–stress gradients for metals and relevance for US surface waters

Metals like iron, copper, and zinc are naturally occurring in soils and water, and they are important essential nutrients for animals and plants.
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Are we experiencing a riverine silicon surge? Implications for the global carbon cycle

The amounts of silicon (Si), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in rivers are crucial for determining which types of algae grow.
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Are we experiencing a riverine silicon surge? Implications for the global carbon cycle

The amounts of silicon (Si), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) in rivers are crucial for determining which types of algae grow.
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