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Seth Amgott

Seth Amgott is the Strategic Communications Advisor for the Office of Communications and Publishing. 

Seth plays a broad role in supporting communications priorities including energy and minerals, scientific integrity issues, and climate. He is also the lead for the “Unleashing the Science" campaign.  

Seth has held senior communications roles advising the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, One Laptop Per Child and Sumitomo Chemical. He managed branding and content at ONE.org, coordinated global policy communications at Oxfam, and stood up an infographics team at the U.S. Census Bureau. 

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USGS Critical Minerals Study: Bans on Gallium and Germanium Exports Could Cost the U.S. Billions

USGS Critical Minerals Study: Bans on Gallium and Germanium Exports Could Cost the U.S. Billions

RESTON, Va. — U.S. Geological Survey researchers have developed a new model to assess how disruptions of critical mineral supplies may affect the U.S...

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Unlocking Arkansas' Hidden Treasure: USGS Uses Machine Learning to Show Large Lithium Potential in the Smackover Formation

Unlocking Arkansas' Hidden Treasure: USGS Uses Machine Learning to Show Large Lithium Potential in the Smackover Formation

RESTON, Va. — Using a combination of water testing and machine learning, a U.S. Geological Survey-led study estimated between 5 and 19 million tons of...

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USGS Science is Supporting Efforts to Reduce Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia

USGS Science is Supporting Efforts to Reduce Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia

As the climate changes and sea levels rise, there is concern that sinking coastlines could exacerbate risks to infrastructure, as well as human and...

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Trash to Treasure: Could energy wastewaters be a viable source of lithium?

Trash to Treasure: Could energy wastewaters be a viable source of lithium?

Lithium is the lightweight champion of the periodic table; one of the universe’s lightest elements, it is playing a crucial role in the transition to...

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Science and Products

USGS Critical Minerals Study: Bans on Gallium and Germanium Exports Could Cost the U.S. Billions

USGS Critical Minerals Study: Bans on Gallium and Germanium Exports Could Cost the U.S. Billions

RESTON, Va. — U.S. Geological Survey researchers have developed a new model to assess how disruptions of critical mineral supplies may affect the U.S...

Read Article
Unlocking Arkansas' Hidden Treasure: USGS Uses Machine Learning to Show Large Lithium Potential in the Smackover Formation

Unlocking Arkansas' Hidden Treasure: USGS Uses Machine Learning to Show Large Lithium Potential in the Smackover Formation

RESTON, Va. — Using a combination of water testing and machine learning, a U.S. Geological Survey-led study estimated between 5 and 19 million tons of...

Read Article
USGS Science is Supporting Efforts to Reduce Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia

USGS Science is Supporting Efforts to Reduce Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia

As the climate changes and sea levels rise, there is concern that sinking coastlines could exacerbate risks to infrastructure, as well as human and...

Read Article
Trash to Treasure: Could energy wastewaters be a viable source of lithium?

Trash to Treasure: Could energy wastewaters be a viable source of lithium?

Lithium is the lightweight champion of the periodic table; one of the universe’s lightest elements, it is playing a crucial role in the transition to...

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