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Julia Gardner: 5 Things to Know About a Pioneering Woman with the USGS

Julia Gardner: 5 Things to Know About a Pioneering Woman with the USGS

Women’s History Month celebrates remarkable women who have left an indelible mark on history and the world.  

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USGS makes $5 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding available to research critical minerals and rare earth elements found in mine waste

USGS makes $5 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding available to research critical minerals and rare earth elements found in mine waste

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is now soliciting proposals for fiscal year 2024 cooperative agreements to collect data on mine waste...

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USGS invests in geologic mapping, landslide hazard research throughout Puerto Rico

USGS invests in geologic mapping, landslide hazard research throughout Puerto Rico

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently invested in a geologic mapping project throughout Puerto Rico using airborne hyperspectral...

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Scientists bite back at invasive mosquitoes, work for Hawaiian Honeycreeper conservation

Scientists bite back at invasive mosquitoes, work for Hawaiian Honeycreeper conservation

Biologists from the U.S. Geological Survey are racing the clock to pull four species of native Hawaiian Honeycreeper forest birds back from the brink...

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USGS provides easy access to Colorado River science with new online portal

USGS provides easy access to Colorado River science with new online portal

All users of the Colorado River now have a more efficient way to find U.S. Geological Survey science critical to its future management.

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USGS, Colorado School of Mines establish joint industry program to explore potential of geologic hydrogen

USGS, Colorado School of Mines establish joint industry program to explore potential of geologic hydrogen

GOLDEN, Colorado (Feb. 26, 2024) – Colorado School of Mines (Mines) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have established a joint industry program...

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Celebrating Black History: Meet Ric Wilson, A Pioneer of Alaskan Geo-Mapping

Celebrating Black History: Meet Ric Wilson, A Pioneer of Alaskan Geo-Mapping

Growing up beneath the towering steel structures of Chicago, Ric Wilson was fascinated with how things worked.   

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USGS to deploy bait stations for invasive grass carp in Upper Mississippi River

USGS to deploy bait stations for invasive grass carp in Upper Mississippi River

Scientists are assessing whether the bait can reduce the effort and cost required to manage invasive grass carp.

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What Sea Lampreys Do in the Dark: A Valentine’s Story

What Sea Lampreys Do in the Dark: A Valentine’s Story

USGS scientists and partners are using sea lamprey sex pheromone research to develop innovative invasive species control in the Great Lakes.

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Earthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute – What to do when the ground shakes...

Earthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute – What to do when the ground shakes...

Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, including the possibility of damaging earthquakes along the northeastern...

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USGS-NASA Award Honors Excellence in Earth Observation

USGS-NASA Award Honors Excellence in Earth Observation

Two awardees recognized with the 2023 William T. Pecora Award for achievements in Earth remote sensing.

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Charismatic Wildlife and the Charismatic Women who Study Them

Charismatic Wildlife and the Charismatic Women who Study Them

USGS celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by featuring five fascinating animals and five phenomenal female scientists who...

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