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Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee

Media Alert: Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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USGS research helps American shad find their way

USGS research helps American shad find their way

Science takes time.

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Native American Research Assistantship Student Learns USGS Water Science

Native American Research Assistantship Student Learns USGS Water Science

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) welcomed its first cohort of students as a part of a pilot of the Native American Research Assistantship (NARA)...

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USGS Provides Pre-Tidal Restoration Data for Herring River Estuary

USGS Provides Pre-Tidal Restoration Data for Herring River Estuary

The Herring River Tidal Restoration Project in Cape Cod National Seashore began construction work this summer after many years of collaborative...

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USGS Releases Products Documenting Effects of Hurricane Ida

USGS Releases Products Documenting Effects of Hurricane Ida

The USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center released three new products documenting the catastrophic flooding which resulted from Hurricane Ida on...

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USGS, Acadia National Park Partner on Water Science Projects

USGS, Acadia National Park Partner on Water Science Projects

The U.S. Geological Survey New England Water Science Center and Acadia National Park (ANP) have a longstanding partnership conducting monitoring and...

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PFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

PFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

Water samples from 161 Pennsylvania rivers and streams were tested for 33 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and 76% of the studied streams...

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USGS Captures Critical Data During New England Flood

USGS Captures Critical Data During New England Flood

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is collecting record-breaking streamflow measurements in the days following a powerful two-day storm that dropped up to...

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The USGS determines the extent of hurricane-induced flooding, which can help communities better prepare for future floods

The USGS determines the extent of hurricane-induced flooding, which can help communities better prepare for future floods

The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 through November 30. Throughout the season, the U.S. Geological Survey will be providing science...

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Tap water study detects PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across the US

Tap water study detects PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across the US

At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or...

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