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New USGS Streamgages Bolster Protection of Hoosier Lives, Property

New USGS Streamgages Bolster Protection of Hoosier Lives, Property

Two new streamgages recently installed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the cities of Greenfield and Elwood, Indiana will provide continuous, real...

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Nutrient Experiments May Help Gain a Better Understanding of Algal Blooms in Utah

Nutrient Experiments May Help Gain a Better Understanding of Algal Blooms in Utah

Scientists to test the Great Salt Lake and Utah Lake

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New Inventory of Arctic Fish Species Provides Unprecedented Look at Arctic Food Web

New Inventory of Arctic Fish Species Provides Unprecedented Look at Arctic Food Web

Information relating to fish biology, locations and effects of climate change will help guide future research and management decisions

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Media Advisory: Congressman Upton, Scientists Retrieve Underwater Robot Studying Lake Michigan

Media Advisory: Congressman Upton, Scientists Retrieve Underwater Robot Studying Lake Michigan

The USGS and Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute deployed a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle, named Tethys, in Lake Michigan on August 1...

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GeoGirls Dig Geology at Mount St. Helens

GeoGirls Dig Geology at Mount St. Helens

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Twenty middle-school girls from Washington and Oregon are participating in the second annual “GeoGirls” outdoor volcano science program...

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Living Organisms Take Up Uranium from their Environment

Living Organisms Take Up Uranium from their Environment

To gain insights into the risks associated with uranium mining and processing, U.S. Geological Survey scientists are investigating how uranium moves...

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Claudia Regan Takes the Helm as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Bozeman

Claudia Regan Takes the Helm as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Bozeman

New Center Director to sustain NOROCK’s tradition of productivity and partnership in generating ground-breaking science relevant to resource managers...

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West Coast Fish Pathogen Now Found in the East

West Coast Fish Pathogen Now Found in the East

A fish pathogen similar to one previously found in the United States only in Pacific salmonids -- salmon and trout species -- has been identified for...

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Big Thompson Canyon Floods of 1976 and 2013: A Tale of Two Deadly and Destructive Weather Events

Big Thompson Canyon Floods of 1976 and 2013: A Tale of Two Deadly and Destructive Weather Events

 

Forty years ago on July 31, as Coloradoans and tourists celebrated the state’s centennial, between 12 and 14 inches of rain fell over a four-hour...

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Low Levels of Contaminants Found in Great Lakes Tree Swallow Eggs

Low Levels of Contaminants Found in Great Lakes Tree Swallow Eggs

    

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Groundwater Discharge to Upper Colorado River Basin Varies in Response to Drought

Groundwater Discharge to Upper Colorado River Basin Varies in Response to Drought

Assessing age of groundwater to determine resource availability

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Water Quality Nearly Unchanged by Artificial Recharge Activities in Wichita

Water Quality Nearly Unchanged by Artificial Recharge Activities in Wichita

Study shows water quality minimally affected in nearby streams and groundwater

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