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Media Advisory: Pacific Climate Workshop Focuses on Drought

Media Advisory: Pacific Climate Workshop Focuses on Drought

U.S. Geological Survey scientists who study trends in climate change will be presenting the results from new studies at a workshop held in Pacific...

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What Happens to the Water? Assessing Water Quality in Areas with Hydraulically Fractured Oil and Gas Wells

What Happens to the Water? Assessing Water Quality in Areas with Hydraulically Fractured Oil and Gas Wells

More data and research are necessary to best understand the potential risks to water quality associated with unconventional oil and gas development in...
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Wildlife Researchers to Give Public Close-Up, Real-Time View of Big Game Fieldwork

Wildlife Researchers to Give Public Close-Up, Real-Time View of Big Game Fieldwork

LARAMIE, WY — Seeking insights to help moose, elk, mule deer and bighorn sheep populations, researchers from the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming...
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Science-Based Mitigation Techniques Benefit Greater Sage-Grouse

Science-Based Mitigation Techniques Benefit Greater Sage-Grouse

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Greater sage-grouse nests found in natural gas development areas where mitigation actions were taken to minimize development impacts...
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New Interactive Flood Warning Maps for the Blue River Basin in Kansas and Missouri

New Interactive Flood Warning Maps for the Blue River Basin in Kansas and Missouri

A new interactive online tool to improve flood warnings and emergency management is now available in selected parts of Johnson County, Kansas, and...

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Alaska Climate Science Center Designer to Receive International Vizzie Award

Alaska Climate Science Center Designer to Receive International Vizzie Award

Kristin Timm, a designer with the Interior Department's Alaska Climate Science Center and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Scenarios Network for...

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Lake Okeechobee Seepage Barrier May Have Changed Salinity in Portions of Aquifer

Lake Okeechobee Seepage Barrier May Have Changed Salinity in Portions of Aquifer

The first section of a seepage barrier designed to prevent catastrophic failure of the 143-mile Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee, Florida...

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USGS Identifies Areas with Critical Mineral Resource Potential in North-Central Alaska

USGS Identifies Areas with Critical Mineral Resource Potential in North-Central Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska. — New maps highlighting areas with potential for placer gold and five other critical mineral deposit types in the Bureau of Land...

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Coping with Earthquakes Induced by Fluid Injection

Coping with Earthquakes Induced by Fluid Injection

MENLO PARK, Calif.— A paper published today in Science provides a case for increasing transparency and data collection to enable strategies for...
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A Decade of Change in America’s Arctic: New Land Cover Data Released for Alaska

A Decade of Change in America’s Arctic: New Land Cover Data Released for Alaska

The latest edition of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD 2011) for Alaska is now publicly available.
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USGS Analyzes Idaho Groundwater Data to Optimize Future Aquifer Monitoring

USGS Analyzes Idaho Groundwater Data to Optimize Future Aquifer Monitoring

U.S. Geological Survey scientists today released analyses of more than 30 years of water-quality data collected at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

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Conowingo Dam Above 90 Percent Capacity For Sediment Storage

Conowingo Dam Above 90 Percent Capacity For Sediment Storage

The Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River is at about 92 percent capacity for sediment storage according to new U.S. Geological Survey research.

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