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Water Resource Availability and Quality by Parish

Water Resource Availability and Quality by Parish

Fact sheets that detail information about parish water resources and water-use are available online for 34 of the state’s 64 parishes, with more...
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Cause of Deadly Disease in Snakes Identified

Cause of Deadly Disease in Snakes Identified

The fungus Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola is the definitive cause of the skin infections in snakes known as snake fungal disease, or SFD, according to U.S...

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USGS Seeks National Ground-Water Monitoring Network Proposals

USGS Seeks National Ground-Water Monitoring Network Proposals

The U.S. Geological Survey will award up to $2 million in cooperative agreements to support participation in the National Ground-Water Monitoring...
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Understanding how Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Affect Fish

Understanding how Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Affect Fish

Fish health may be affected by pharmaceuticals in treated wastewater released into streams and other water bodies, according to a recent laboratory...
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Free Data Proves Its Worth for Observing Earth

Free Data Proves Its Worth for Observing Earth

Since late 2008, when Landsat earth observation images were made available to all users free of charge, nearly 30 million Landsat scenes have been...

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Storage and Treatment of Liquid Waste from Landfills Doesn’t Remove All Contaminants, Including Pharmaceuticals

Storage and Treatment of Liquid Waste from Landfills Doesn’t Remove All Contaminants, Including Pharmaceuticals

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey details that even after the storage and/or treatment of leachate – liquid waste that moves through or...
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New Interactive Flood Warning Tool Developed for Big Creek

New Interactive Flood Warning Tool Developed for Big Creek

A new interactive Flood Inundation Map to improve flood warnings and assist with emergency management along Big Creek in Alpharetta and Roswell...
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Newly Released Photo Catalog Puts US Landscapes On Exhibit

Newly Released Photo Catalog Puts US Landscapes On Exhibit

The U.S. Geological Survey announced today that it has made part of a huge national repository of geographically referenced USGS field photographs...

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EarthWord: Katabatic Winds

EarthWord: Katabatic Winds

Sounding almost like acrobatic winds, katabatic winds do bear a resemblance to tumbling, since they are essentially winds that flow downhill. Also...

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Removing Nitrogen from Groundwater Has New Ally: Anammox

Removing Nitrogen from Groundwater Has New Ally: Anammox

USGS scientists have conducted the first-ever field measurements of anammox activity in groundwater, demonstrating that nitrogen removal from...
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Native Bees Foraging in Fields Are Exposed to Neonicotinoid Insecticides and other Pesticides

Native Bees Foraging in Fields Are Exposed to Neonicotinoid Insecticides and other Pesticides

According to the first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees, native bees are exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other...
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Report Shows Potential Groundwater Supplies in Valleys of New York’s Eastern Chemung County

Report Shows Potential Groundwater Supplies in Valleys of New York’s Eastern Chemung County

Areas of sand and gravel in contact with the Chemung River are the most favorable for potential large-scale groundwater supply within the largest...
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