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EcoNews is a quarterly newsletter highlighting ecosystems science and activities coming out of our Science Centers, Cooperative Research Units, and Climate Adaptation Science Centers across the Nation.

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Searching for the Missing Pieces of the Invasive Plants Puzzle

Searching for the Missing Pieces of the Invasive Plants Puzzle

Recently published research led by the Northeast CASC sheds light on the need for more data on invasive species around the world.

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Research to Inform Planning and Implementation of Nature-based Solutions

Research to Inform Planning and Implementation of Nature-based Solutions

A brief overview of some of the research by the program that helps support nature-based solutions to climate change.

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Climate R&D - 2022 Year in Review

Climate R&D - 2022 Year in Review

2022 was another productive year for the USGS Climate Research & Development Program! Below are some summaries and highlights of Program work from the...

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From Saguaros to Submarines: 10 incredible stories about Earth’s ecosystems you might have missed in 2022

From Saguaros to Submarines: 10 incredible stories about Earth’s ecosystems you might have missed in 2022

As 2022 wraps up, we’re looking back on the amazing work of USGS scientists, in an attempt to create a Top 10 list. But with so much exciting science...

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Home for the Holidays: Follow One Mule Deer’s 242-Mile Journey Across the Changing American West

Home for the Holidays: Follow One Mule Deer’s 242-Mile Journey Across the Changing American West

As the shortest day of the year arrives, many of us are traveling home for the holidays. Many migratory deer around the West are just arriving at...

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National CASC Collaborates on New Tribal Climate Resilience Assessment Report

National CASC Collaborates on New Tribal Climate Resilience Assessment Report

The Bureau of Indian Affairs Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR), in collaboration with the National CASC, published a regional assessment...

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New big game migration maps support conservation planning across the West

New big game migration maps support conservation planning across the West

LARAMIE, Wyo.—The USGS, in partnership with state and Tribal wildlife agencies, today published the third volume in a series of new maps of big game...

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Bridging the Knowledge Gaps Between Harmful Algal Blooms and Climate Change

Bridging the Knowledge Gaps Between Harmful Algal Blooms and Climate Change

Southeast CASC supported researchers are identifying and providing updated information on the occurrences of harmful algal blooms in the Southeast U.S...

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Páginas bilingües resaltan la ciencia de peligros naturales del USGS en Puerto Rico

Páginas bilingües resaltan la ciencia de peligros naturales del USGS en Puerto Rico

   

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Bilingual webpages highlight USGS natural hazards science in Puerto Rico

Bilingual webpages highlight USGS natural hazards science in Puerto Rico

   

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Unintended consequences: New research shows all California condor flocks have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides

Unintended consequences: New research shows all California condor flocks have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides

USGS scientists of the Eastern Ecological Science Center and the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center published new findings on environmental...

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Invasive black carp established in parts of the Mississippi River basin

Invasive black carp established in parts of the Mississippi River basin

Black carp, which are an invasive fish species in North America, are now known to be established in the wild in parts of the Mississippi River basin.

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