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Newly Identified Invasive Grasses in Hawaiʻi Pose Significant Fire Risk

Newly Identified Invasive Grasses in Hawaiʻi Pose Significant Fire Risk

New flammable invasive grass species and weeds were discovered on five Hawaiian Islands through extensive surveying funded by the Pacific Islands CASC...

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Waste not, want not: How USGS capabilities enhance COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

Waste not, want not: How USGS capabilities enhance COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

You can tell a lot about someone’s health from their body’s waste. If you are fighting an infectious illness, you flush away more than yesterday’s...

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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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Why we have better maps of Mars than of the seafloor—and what USGS is doing to change that

Why we have better maps of Mars than of the seafloor—and what USGS is doing to change that

The ocean covers 71% of Earth’s surface. We know only a small fraction of what the land beneath the waves looks like.

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FORT scientists develop density-habitat relationships and density distribution maps to guide management of 11 songbird species in the Intermountain West

FORT scientists develop density-habitat relationships and density distribution maps to guide management of 11 songbird species in the Intermountain West

FORT scientists Nicholas Van Lanen, Adrian Monroe, and Cameron Aldridge recently published population trends and density-habitat associations for 11...

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Research Explores Conservation Strategies for Shifting Walleye Populations

Research Explores Conservation Strategies for Shifting Walleye Populations

Given the challenges that warming waters pose to walleye populations, USGS researchers created a data-rich “RAD Walleye Tool” that can help managers...

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FORT geneticist Scott Cornman uses data mining to gain new insights into a mysterious virus infecting honey bees

FORT geneticist Scott Cornman uses data mining to gain new insights into a mysterious virus infecting honey bees

A new paper on an enigmatic giant virus of honey bees, Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV), was recently authored by FORT geneticist (Robert)...

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Research Explores Conservation Strategies for Shifting Walleye Populations

Research Explores Conservation Strategies for Shifting Walleye Populations

Given the challenges that warming waters pose to walleye populations, USGS researchers created a data-rich “RAD Walleye Tool” that can help managers...

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CASC Scientists Contribute to Fifth National Climate Assessment

CASC Scientists Contribute to Fifth National Climate Assessment

USGS scientists, including CASC staff, play key role in the Fifth National Climate Assessment. 

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USGS Attends the Ninth Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities Climate Change Conference

USGS Attends the Ninth Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities Climate Change Conference

The USGS Southeast Region and the Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) jointly sponsored the ninth Historically Black Colleges and Universities...

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USGS Friday's Findings - November 17, 2023

USGS Friday's Findings - November 17, 2023

Title: USGS decision support tools for hazard assessment, science coordination, and reclamation strategies on mined lands

Speaker: Dan Jones...

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USGS Ecosystems Science Leaders Receive the 2023 Presidential Rank Awards

USGS Ecosystems Science Leaders Receive the 2023 Presidential Rank Awards

Ecosystems Mission Area Associate Director Anne Kinsinger and Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Senior Research Scientist David Mech were...

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