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Media Advisory: USGS Measures Flooding in Missouri

Media Advisory: USGS Measures Flooding in Missouri

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding on rivers and streams across central and southern Missouri.
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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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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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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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Las Vegas Holds Key to Abrupt Climate Change

Las Vegas Holds Key to Abrupt Climate Change

According to new U.S. Geological Survey research springs and marshes in the desert outside Las Vegas expanded and contracted dramatically in response...
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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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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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Acid Rain Effects on Forest Soils begin to Reverse

Acid Rain Effects on Forest Soils begin to Reverse

Soil acidification from acid rain that is harmful to plant and aquatic life has now begun to reverse in forests of the northeastern United States and...
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EarthWord – Juvenile Water

EarthWord – Juvenile Water

Juvenile water is “new” water that is in, or derived from, materials deep within the Earth and has not previously appeared at the Earth’s surface or...

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USGS Crews Measure Record Flooding in Central Texas

USGS Crews Measure Record Flooding in Central Texas

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding in parts of central Texas following intense rainfall.
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U.S. Rivers Show Few Signs of Improvement from Historic Nitrate Increases

U.S. Rivers Show Few Signs of Improvement from Historic Nitrate Increases

During 1945 to 1980, nitrate levels in large U.S. rivers increased up to fivefold in intensively managed agricultural areas of the Midwest, according...

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Ancient Permafrost Quickly Transforms to Carbon Dioxide upon Thaw

Ancient Permafrost Quickly Transforms to Carbon Dioxide upon Thaw

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey and key academic partners have quantified how rapidly ancient permafrost decomposes upon thawing and how...

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