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Updates to international database provide powerful insights on valuable byproduct minerals

Australia, Canada and U.S. expand samples available in global platform

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First study to quantify global earthquake risk to mineral supplies

U.S. Geological Survey scientists dig into how potential seismicity could impact the supplies of mineral commodities like copper and rhenium around the world

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Dragonflies Reveal Surprising Insights into Mercury Pollution

Public Participants Make Monitoring Possible in Uncharted Locations

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60 years of data show shifts in the winter ranges of three duck species in the Midwest

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USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in North Chukchi Basin

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In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

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President proposes $1.6 billion FY 2025 budget for USGS

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Arctic Mammals May Face Shrinking Habitat from Climate Warming

Arctic Mammals May Face Shrinking Habitat from Climate Warming

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new scientific study predicts that some of Alaska’s mammal species will respond to future climate warming by concentrating in...

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USGS Estimates 21 Million Barrels of Oil and 27 Billion Cubic Feet of Gas in the Monterey Formation of the San Joaquin Basin, California

USGS Estimates 21 Million Barrels of Oil and 27 Billion Cubic Feet of Gas in the Monterey Formation of the San Joaquin Basin, California

The Monterey Formation in the deepest parts of California’s San Joaquin Basin contains an estimated mean volumes of 21 million barrels of oil, 27...

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Atlantic Beaches Still Likely to be Affected by Hurricane Joaquin

Atlantic Beaches Still Likely to be Affected by Hurricane Joaquin

As the path of Hurricane Joaquin continues to move farther offshore, making landfall in the U.S. less likely, U.S. Geological Survey coastal change...
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Media Advisory: USGS Deploys Crews in Advance of Hurricane Joaquin in Virginia

Media Advisory: USGS Deploys Crews in Advance of Hurricane Joaquin in Virginia

USGS field crews will be out deploying storm tide sensors along the Virginia coast near Virginia Beach, along the Western Chesapeake Bay, and on the...

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Many Atolls May be Uninhabitable Within Decades Due to Climate Change

Many Atolls May be Uninhabitable Within Decades Due to Climate Change

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A new study shows that the combined effect of storm-induced wave-driven flooding and sea level rise on island atolls may be more...

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Storms after Wildfire Lead to Impaired Water Quality

Storms after Wildfire Lead to Impaired Water Quality

Water quality can be substantially diminished for several years after wildfire in response to relatively common local thunderstorms, according to a...
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Declines and Slow Recovery in Little Brown Bat Populations Predicted

Declines and Slow Recovery in Little Brown Bat Populations Predicted

Populations of bats diminished by white-nose syndrome (WNS), a disease of hibernating bats, are unlikely to return to healthy levels in the near...
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Hepatitis B-like Virus Found in Great Lakes Fish Species

Hepatitis B-like Virus Found in Great Lakes Fish Species

A hepatitis B-like virus has been found for the first time in fish. A team of USGS researchers found the virus in white sucker from the Great Lakes...
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El Niño and La Niña will Exacerbate Coastal Hazards Across Entire Pacific

El Niño and La Niña will Exacerbate Coastal Hazards Across Entire Pacific

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The projected upsurge of severe El Niño and La Niña events will cause an increase in storm events leading to extreme coastal...

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Numbers Encouraging, but Shark Bites Still Problematic for Sea Otter Recovery

Numbers Encouraging, but Shark Bites Still Problematic for Sea Otter Recovery

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The recovery of southern sea otters appears to have taken an upturn, according to results from the annual California sea otter...
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Media Advisory: USGS Deploys Crews to Site of Flash Flood

Media Advisory: USGS Deploys Crews to Site of Flash Flood

U.S. Geological Survey real-time monitoring captured flash flooding in southwest Utah that occurred as a result of intense thunderstorms with rainfall...
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Predicting Pesticides in Streams and Rivers: Where is Water Quality at Risk?

Predicting Pesticides in Streams and Rivers: Where is Water Quality at Risk?

A new interactive mapping tool provides predicted concentrations for 108 pesticides in streams and rivers across the Nation and identifies which...
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