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Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the U.S. Geological Survey today jointly announced a partnership to address regional challenges from natural hazards...
New Model Improves Predictions for How Climate Change Will Affect Fish Habitat
A new approach by U.S. Geological Survey scientists to modeling water temperatures resulted in more realistic predictions of how climate change will...
Birds in the Bakken: Oil Development Can Affect Critical Habitat
Many grassland bird species in the Bakken shale region, including some seriously declining populations, are displaced from their habitats as a result...
The term crepuscular describes events relating to, resembling, or occurring during twilight, meaning morning and evening hours. An animal described as...