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USGS Research Oceanographer Hosts Visiting Scholars to Collaborate on CFD Modeling of Sand and Oil Agglomerates

USGS Research Oceanographer Hosts Visiting Scholars to Collaborate on CFD Modeling of Sand and Oil Agglomerates

USGS oceanographer Soupy Dalyander hosts Master's researcher Melanie Schippers and her advisor from Deltares, Niels Jacobsen.

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Sound Waves Newsletter - August-September 2016

Sound Waves Newsletter - August-September 2016

USGS helps the Government of India discover large, highly enriched, producible accumulations of natural gas hydrate in the Bay of Bengal, USGS re...

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Advanced Model Training for Predicting Coastal Storm Impacts

Advanced Model Training for Predicting Coastal Storm Impacts

The USGS has been leading the development of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Waves-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling system.

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USGS Scientists Elected as AGU Fellows

USGS Scientists Elected as AGU Fellows

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) will honor newly elected fellows at the upcoming 2016 Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

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Duke TIP Summer Programs Visit USGS

Duke TIP Summer Programs Visit USGS

Students from the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP), a summer program for middle and high school students, visited the USGS St. Petersburg...

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Future Fieldwork

Future Fieldwork

USGS scientists plan to visit more than 11 locations in October and November 2016, studying delta sediment, deep sea minerals, greenhouse gases, and...

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Re-Evaluating the Causes and Hazards of South Carolina Earthquakes

Re-Evaluating the Causes and Hazards of South Carolina Earthquakes

Unlike many other parts of the world where earthquakes occur along boundaries between tectonic plates, South Carolina earthquakes result from the...

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Hazard a Guess? The riskiest science quiz you will ever take!

Hazard a Guess? The riskiest science quiz you will ever take!

Are rates of sea level rise increasing faster along the West or the East Coast of the United States?

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September is National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month, a time to highlight the resources available to help you and your loved ones stay as safe as possible. 

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Hazard a Guess? The riskiest science quiz you will ever take!

Hazard a Guess? The riskiest science quiz you will ever take!

During what months is hurricane season typically recognized along the Atlantic Coast?

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Sound Waves, June - July 2016

Sound Waves, June - July 2016

The stories in the June - July 2016 issue of Sound Waves

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New Quaternary Geology Map Reuses Decades-Old USGS Data

New Quaternary Geology Map Reuses Decades-Old USGS Data

For the past several years, the USGS Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center has been working to produce a new Quaternary geologic map for...

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