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Climate R&D Poster Sessions and Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting

Climate R&D Poster Sessions and Presentations at the 2023 AGU Meeting

Are you attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting this year in San Francisco? Don't miss these presentations and poster sessions...

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The USGS Updates Major Climate Change Visualization Tool

The USGS Updates Major Climate Change Visualization Tool

The USGS recently updated its National Climate Change Viewer (NCCV), a premier web application for visualizing climate projections across the...

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Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America

Study confirms age of oldest fossil human footprints in North America

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — New research reaffirms that human footprints found in White Sands National Park, NM, date to the Last Glacial Maximum, placing...

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A long-term assessment of ecosystem resilience in a protected grassland in the southwest US Canyonlands

A long-term assessment of ecosystem resilience in a protected grassland in the southwest US Canyonlands

In a rare, never-grazed, and undisturbed grassland in the southwest US, researchers conducted a multi-decadal study to assess how a protected...

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Friday's Findings - July 14 2023

Friday's Findings - July 14 2023

Title: New Insight into Past Climate from Clamshell Proxy Records

Speaker: Madelyn J. Mette, Research Geologist, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and...

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New 2,000-year record of ocean and climate variability in the Beaufort Sea documents recent rapid changes in water mass properties

New 2,000-year record of ocean and climate variability in the Beaufort Sea documents recent rapid changes in water mass properties

Continuous high-resolution marine sediment records that preserve environmental conditions during the late Holocene (the last 3000 years) are unusual...

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USGS looks back 2,000 years to study the relationship between hurricanes and climate

USGS looks back 2,000 years to study the relationship between hurricanes and climate

In recognition of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which is April 30 to May 6 this year, learn how scientists are looking back thousands of years...

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Marmots do not drink coffee: Human urine contributions to the nitrogen budget of a popular national park destination

Marmots do not drink coffee: Human urine contributions to the nitrogen budget of a popular national park destination

Nitrogen pollution in Rocky Mountain National Park has been monitored and tracked by USGS scientists for decades. Recently, stakeholders in the area...

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The Value of Tree Rings: A Natural History of a Whitebark (Pinus albicaulis) Pine Cross Section

The Value of Tree Rings: A Natural History of a Whitebark (Pinus albicaulis) Pine Cross Section

The tree rings in this whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) cross-section provide a view back in time. Scientists study the patterns of tree ring growth...

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