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Research on Water Harvesting Featured in Report to President

Research on Water Harvesting Featured in Report to President

The Good Neighbor Environmental Board issued its 16th annual report to the president, recommending specific federal actions to develop a more...

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Unmanned Aerial Systems new research tool for wildlife, land

Unmanned Aerial Systems new research tool for wildlife, land

USGS scientists are working with the Bureau of Land Management to monitor ecosystem restoration in Southeast Arizona with unmanned aerial systems...

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USGS Scientist Elected President of the Southwest Chapter of Society for Ecological Restoration

USGS Scientist Elected President of the Southwest Chapter of Society for Ecological Restoration

Laura M. Norman, USGS Research Physical Scientist, was nominated and elected President of the Society for Ecological Restoration, Southwest Chapter...

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Rooftop Refuge

Rooftop Refuge

Pedestrian evacuation modeling by USGS geographers Nathan Wood and Jeanne Jones and Sacramento State University is featured in a story about vertical...

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NASA to Map 3.7 Billion Acres of Cropland Around the World

NASA to Map 3.7 Billion Acres of Cropland Around the World

Scientists at NASA acknowledged a long time ago the necessity of conducting more global food security studies, whose conclusions must be used for...

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NASA Maps Earth's Croplands from Space

NASA Maps Earth's Croplands from Space

It takes a lot of land to grow food for the world's seven billion people. About a third of Earth's terrestrial surface is used for agriculture. And...

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California Tsunami Would Have Costly Aftermath

California Tsunami Would Have Costly Aftermath

The fearsome aftermath of a tsunami striking California might cost at least $3.4 billion to repair, but neither of the state's nuclear power plants...

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USGS speaking at Ranch Meeting

USGS speaking at Ranch Meeting

Laura Norman was invited to deliver a talk at the Malpai Borderlands Group Annual Agency Meeting to describe her Watershed Study for the San...

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2 billion more mouths to feed

2 billion more mouths to feed

Some dozens of international satellites are orbiting the globe, mapping the landscape and the oceans in detail closer than 1 square yard.

A chunk of...

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California's tsunami threat

California's tsunami threat

The images of destruction coming from Japan have caused those who dwell on America's West Coast to wonder: Could a devastating tsunami hit here? The...

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