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EcoNews is a quarterly newsletter highlighting ecosystems science and activities coming out of our Science Centers, Cooperative Research Units, and Climate Adaptation Science Centers across the Nation.
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2022 was another productive year for the USGS Climate Research & Development Program! Below are some summaries and highlights of Program work from the...
From Saguaros to Submarines: 10 incredible stories about Earth’s ecosystems you might have missed in 2022
As 2022 wraps up, we’re looking back on the amazing work of USGS scientists, in an attempt to create a Top 10 list. But with so much exciting science...
New big game migration maps support conservation planning across the West
LARAMIE, Wyo.—The USGS, in partnership with state and Tribal wildlife agencies, today published the third volume in a series of new maps of big game...
Bridging the Knowledge Gaps Between Harmful Algal Blooms and Climate Change
Southeast CASC supported researchers are identifying and providing updated information on the occurrences of harmful algal blooms in the Southeast U.S...
Unintended consequences: New research shows all California condor flocks have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides
USGS scientists of the Eastern Ecological Science Center and the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center published new findings on environmental...
New research shows people, wildlife, and marine environment benefit when island-ocean connections are restored
An international team of researchers has found that restoring and rewilding islands decimated by damaging invasive species benefits coastal and marine...
Population declines in Alaska beluga whale population may be linked to low birth and survival rates
Researchers studied over a decade of photographic records of individual whales and determined that belugas in Alaska's Cook Inlet have relatively low...