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Updates to international database provide powerful insights on valuable byproduct minerals

Australia, Canada and U.S. expand samples available in global platform

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First study to quantify global earthquake risk to mineral supplies

U.S. Geological Survey scientists dig into how potential seismicity could impact the supplies of mineral commodities like copper and rhenium around the world

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Dragonflies Reveal Surprising Insights into Mercury Pollution

Public Participants Make Monitoring Possible in Uncharted Locations

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60 years of data show shifts in the winter ranges of three duck species in the Midwest

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USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in North Chukchi Basin

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In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

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President proposes $1.6 billion FY 2025 budget for USGS

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A Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan

A Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan

For the past decade, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey have shared their expertise with the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) in efforts to...

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Recent Chilean Earthquakes Signal Potential for Similar Future Events

Recent Chilean Earthquakes Signal Potential for Similar Future Events

Despite the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that hit northern Chile in April 2014, the plate boundary in that region is still capable of hosting shocks of...

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Arizona’s Santa Cruz River Chronicled in New Environmental History

Arizona’s Santa Cruz River Chronicled in New Environmental History

The somber ecological consequences of human-caused landscape change and unsustainable water use in a western watershed are carefully examined in the...

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USGS Science at Ecological Society of America’s Conference: From Climate Change to Fire, Drought, and Wind Energy

USGS Science at Ecological Society of America’s Conference: From Climate Change to Fire, Drought, and Wind Energy

From climate change to wind energy effects on birds and bats to wildlife disease, U.S. Geological Survey research will be presented at the...

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Revised Arkansas and South Carolina Maps Feature New Design

Revised Arkansas and South Carolina Maps Feature New Design

US Topo maps now have a crisper, cleaner design - enhancing readability of maps for online and printed use. Map symbols are easier to read over the...

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Earthquake Plot Thickens in Pacific Northwest

Earthquake Plot Thickens in Pacific Northwest

Nearly forgotten research from decades ago complicates the task of quantifying earthquake hazards in the Pacific Northwest, according to a new report...

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Nesting Gulf Sea Turtles Feed in Waters Filled With Threats

Nesting Gulf Sea Turtles Feed in Waters Filled With Threats

Nesting loggerhead sea turtles in the northern Gulf of Mexico feed among areas that were oiled by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill and where human...

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Take a Trip to the Islands

Take a Trip to the Islands

The U.S. Virgin Islands are now available for structure updates with The National Map Corps crowd-sourcing volunteers

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Streamflow Increasing in Eastern Missouri River Basin, Decreasing Elsewhere

Streamflow Increasing in Eastern Missouri River Basin, Decreasing Elsewhere

Streamflow in the eastern portions of the Missouri River watershed has increased over the past 52 years, whereas other parts have seen downward trends...

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Scientists Predict Massive Urban Growth, Creation of ’Megalopolis’ in Southeast in Next 45 Years

Scientists Predict Massive Urban Growth, Creation of ’Megalopolis’ in Southeast in Next 45 Years

Urban areas in the Southeastern United States will double in size by 2060 unless there are significant changes to land development, according to a new...

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Climate Change Could Alter Range of Caribou and May Impact Hunters' Access

Climate Change Could Alter Range of Caribou and May Impact Hunters' Access

Alaska — Due to climate change, some communities in rural Alaska and the Yukon Territory of Canada may face a future with fewer caribou according to...

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Insecticides Similar to Nicotine Widespread in Midwest

Insecticides Similar to Nicotine Widespread in Midwest

Insecticides similar to nicotine, known as neonicotinoids, were found commonly in streams throughout the Midwest, according to a new USGS study. This...

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