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Media Advisory: Low-Level Flights to Begin Assessing Local Mineral Resources this Monday

Media Advisory: Low-Level Flights to Begin Assessing Local Mineral Resources this Monday

U.S. Geological Survey scientists will conduct a high-resolution airborne survey to study the rock layers under a region of northeastern Iowa...

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Grass Carp Eggs Compromised by Settling on Streambeds

Grass Carp Eggs Compromised by Settling on Streambeds

Grass carp egg survival is compromised when they settle on streambeds and are potentially covered by sediments, according to a new study by the U.S...

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Critical Volcano Monitoring Systems Returned to Operation in Alaska

Critical Volcano Monitoring Systems Returned to Operation in Alaska

The Alaska Volcano Observatory has recently completed repairs to seismic monitoring equipment on Aniakchak Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula that have...
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Visit the Moon Without Leaving Your Desk

Visit the Moon Without Leaving Your Desk

Ever wonder what it would be like to wander around the Moon? Sky gazers can now journey there without leaving their desk.
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Media Advisory and Photo Op: USGS Employees Get Ready to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On!” in the Great ShakeOut

Media Advisory and Photo Op: USGS Employees Get Ready to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On!” in the Great ShakeOut

MENLO PARK, Calif. — U.S. Geological Survey employees in Menlo Park, Calif. will participate in an earthquake safety drill, and test their emergency...

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Birds in the Bakken: Oil Development Can Affect Critical Habitat

Birds in the Bakken: Oil Development Can Affect Critical Habitat

Many grassland bird species in the Bakken shale region, including some seriously declining populations, are displaced from their habitats as a result...

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Get Ready to ShakeOut on October 15

Get Ready to ShakeOut on October 15

Do you know what to do the moment the ground starts shaking? Drop, Cover, and Hold On! Be prepared and join millions of people participating in the...
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EarthWord: Graben

EarthWord: Graben

A graben is a piece of Earth’s crust that is shifted downward in comparison to adjacent crust known as “horsts,” which are shifted upward.

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Tracking the Causes and Consequences of Land Change

Tracking the Causes and Consequences of Land Change

Land change happens in the course of human civilization. Since prehistoric times, people have indelibly changed the land to advance human goals — by...
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Lessons Learned from a Legend: Luna Leopold's View of the River

Lessons Learned from a Legend: Luna Leopold's View of the River

No time seems more fitting than now – with the epic drought in California and major flooding from a nor’easter and Hurricane Joaquin – to pay tribute...
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Unprecedented Drought in the West

Unprecedented Drought in the West

Drought has left the West parched and thirsty. Families, businesses, and farmers all need water, as do fish, wildlife, and their habitats.

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Wild Berry Harvests Less Reliable According to Alaskan Local Observers

Wild Berry Harvests Less Reliable According to Alaskan Local Observers

The U.S. Geological Survey today announced the publication of a new study examining how Alaska’s tribal environmental managers and local observer...

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