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USGS Scientists Document Hurricane Dorian’s Impacts

USGS Scientists Document Hurricane Dorian’s Impacts

Editor’s Note: This story was revised Sept. 10, 2019 to include the later phases of USGS’ response to Hurricane Dorian.

To learn more about USGS’ role...

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Rising Sea Levels Could Accelerate Florida Bay Mangrove Loss

Rising Sea Levels Could Accelerate Florida Bay Mangrove Loss

USGS scientists look to the past to learn about the future of Florida mangroves

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Ten Years of Icy Data Show the Flow of Heat from the Arctic Seafloor

Ten Years of Icy Data Show the Flow of Heat from the Arctic Seafloor

In addition to 10 years of data on the flow of heat in the Arctic ocean seafloor, the USGS and Geological Survey of Canada have published an analysis...

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New Journal Article from Cape Cod Toxics Site Examines Fate of Groundwater Nitrogen Discharging to a Lake

New Journal Article from Cape Cod Toxics Site Examines Fate of Groundwater Nitrogen Discharging to a Lake

On July 19, a new journal article from the Cape Cod Toxic Substances Hydrology team was published online in the Journal of Geophysical Research...

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USGS Awardees of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

USGS Awardees of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The U.S. Geological Survey is celebrating the success of eight distinguished researchers who are recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for...

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Piping Plovers Benefited from Hurricane Sandy

Piping Plovers Benefited from Hurricane Sandy

Storms and undeveloped coastlines can create and maintain habitat for this species, which is threatened along the Atlantic coast.

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USGS Studies Water Quality and Harmful Algal Bloom on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey

USGS Studies Water Quality and Harmful Algal Bloom on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey

On July 9, USGS scientists deployed an advanced monitoring buoy to study water-quality conditions and a harmful algal bloom-HAB-recently detected in...

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GLSC Participates in Lake Ontario Data Synthesis Workshop with Partners

GLSC Participates in Lake Ontario Data Synthesis Workshop with Partners

Cooperative Science and Monitoring Initiative Data Integration for the 2018 Season in Lake Ontario

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Bringing the Bubbles Home

Bringing the Bubbles Home

As our cruise ends, lead scientist Amanda Demopoulos brings it all together and charts the path forward

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Voyage of Luck

Voyage of Luck

I cannot believe how lucky we’ve been.

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Marcellus Shale natural-gas production not currently causing widespread hydrocarbon contamination of domestic wells that tap shallow upland groundwater

Marcellus Shale natural-gas production not currently causing widespread hydrocarbon contamination of domestic wells that tap shallow upland groundwater

A new USGS study reports that shale-gas production in northern Pennsylvania has not currently caused widespread hydrocarbon contamination in the...

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Bringing the Lab to the Field

Bringing the Lab to the Field

Usually when scientists do research, they go into the field, take samples, then bring them back to the lab. University of North Carolina at Chapel...

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