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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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Revised West Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia Maps Feature New Design

Revised West Virginia, New Jersey and Georgia Maps Feature New Design

US Topo maps now have a crisper, cleaner design - enhancing readability of maps for online and printed use. Map symbols are easier to read over the...

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Elevated Levels of Mercury Found in Fish in Western U.S. National Parks

Elevated Levels of Mercury Found in Fish in Western U.S. National Parks

Mercury has been discovered in fish in some of the most remote national park lakes and streams in the western United States and Alaska. Mercury levels...

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Lack of Vitamin B1 Killing Great Lakes Fish

Lack of Vitamin B1 Killing Great Lakes Fish

Great Lakes fish in the salmon family that rely on the fish “alewife” as part of their diet face a major obstacle in restoring naturally reproducing...

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USGS Scientists Receive Presidential Awards for Research on Earthquakes, Ecosystems and Permafrost

USGS Scientists Receive Presidential Awards for Research on Earthquakes, Ecosystems and Permafrost

The U.S. Geological Survey is celebrating the success of three distinguished researchers who are recipients today of the 2012 Presidential Early...

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Oyster Aquaculture Could Significantly Improve Potomac River Estuary Water Quality

Oyster Aquaculture Could Significantly Improve Potomac River Estuary Water Quality

Oyster aquaculture in the Potomac River estuary could result in significant improvements to water quality, according to a new NOAA and U.S. Geological...

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Sea Otters Can Get the Flu, Too

Sea Otters Can Get the Flu, Too

Northern sea otters living off the coast of Washington state were infected with the same H1N1 flu virus that caused the world-wide pandemic in 2009...

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Media Advisory: Congressional Briefing on Nutrients and Pesticides in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams

Media Advisory: Congressional Briefing on Nutrients and Pesticides in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the Northeast Midwest Institute invite you to a briefing by the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment...

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A Few Winners, But Many More Losers

A Few Winners, But Many More Losers

Dramatic distribution losses and a few major distribution gains are forecasted for southwestern bird and reptile species as the climate changes...

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Nation’s Authoritative Land Cover Map New and Improved

Nation’s Authoritative Land Cover Map New and Improved

Just released, the latest edition of the nation’s most comprehensive look at land-surface conditions from coast to coast shows the extent of land...

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East Poplar Brine-Contaminated Groundwater Plumes Continue to Move

East Poplar Brine-Contaminated Groundwater Plumes Continue to Move

A new report by the U.S. Geological Survey describes the extent and movement of contamination in the East Poplar oil field area in northeastern...

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No Foolin’ -- You Can Contribute to National Mapping

No Foolin’ -- You Can Contribute to National Mapping

This April marks the one year anniversary of the USGS's The National Map Corps (TNMCorps) transition from a small regional pilot project in the heart...

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Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Ever since the great magnitude 9.2 earthquake shook Alaska 50 years ago today, scientists have suspected that the quake's rupture halted at the...

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