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Seeing Clearly through the Waves: Mapping Coral Reefs in Guam with MiDAR Technology

Seeing Clearly through the Waves: Mapping Coral Reefs in Guam with MiDAR Technology

Pacific Islands CASC researchers test new remote sensing technology for monitoring coral reef bleaching events in real-time.

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Mapping Urban Heat Islands in Oklahoma City

Mapping Urban Heat Islands in Oklahoma City

Scientists from the South Central CASC are part of a team of researchers mapping urban heat islands to identify the most at-risk areas in Oklahoma...

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Assessing Environmental Justice in Forest Management

Assessing Environmental Justice in Forest Management

Southwest CASC researchers propose a holistic framework to evaluate and prioritize environmental justice in forest management projects across the...

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Announcing Olivia LeDee as the new Regional Administrator of the Midwest CASC

Announcing Olivia LeDee as the new Regional Administrator of the Midwest CASC

The USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers are thrilled to announce that Dr. Olivia LeDee will be the new Regional Administrator of the Midwest...

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A new management framework to balance competing species’ conservation needs

A new management framework to balance competing species’ conservation needs

Conservation practitioners and restoration managers are often faced with the difficult decision of which species and ecosystems to prioritize during...

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Purdue University to host new multi-agency research partnership to benefit Indiana’s wildlife and wild places

Purdue University to host new multi-agency research partnership to benefit Indiana’s wildlife and wild places

The partnership is Indiana’s first U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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Friday's Findings - August 25, 2023

Friday's Findings - August 25, 2023

Title:  Seeing the Bigger Picture: Using Aerial Photos to Assess Tufted Puffin Habitat in Oregon

Speaker:  Carina Kusaka, Master's Student, Oregon...

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Announcing Suzanne Van Cooten as the new Regional Administrator of the South Central CASC

Announcing Suzanne Van Cooten as the new Regional Administrator of the South Central CASC

The USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers are thrilled to announce that Dr. Suzanne Van Cooten will be the new Regional Administrator of the South...

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Evaluating the U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Units Program—Your Input Needed!

Evaluating the U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Units Program—Your Input Needed!

Having sprouted from its beginnings at Iowa State University in 1935, the CRU Program has flourished into a partnership comprising 42 Units in 40...

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Two USGS Publications Outline Pollinator Conservation Efforts

Two USGS Publications Outline Pollinator Conservation Efforts

Pollinator species in the U.S. are in crisis based on broad-scale changes in land-use and climate. Biodiversity of pollinators in the U.S. includes...

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First Examination of Functional Capacity of Deep-sea Coral Microbiomes Reveals Details of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Plus Tropical Similarities

First Examination of Functional Capacity of Deep-sea Coral Microbiomes Reveals Details of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling Plus Tropical Similarities

In this newly published "deep dive" into coral microbiomes, Dr. Christina Kellogg and partners reveal very similar microbial gene functions in deep...

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Igniting Change: Evidence-Based Review of California Wildfires for Informed Management

Igniting Change: Evidence-Based Review of California Wildfires for Informed Management

Southwest CASC scientists reviewed and synthesized the causes of California’s worsening wildfires to help inform local adaptation solutions. 

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