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2015 Gannett Award Presented

2015 Gannett Award Presented

To commemorate the nation's first chief geographer, the USGS established the Henry Gannett Award. This year's recipient is Nicholas Mastrodicasa...

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Protecting Water in the Red River: There’s a Map for That

Protecting Water in the Red River: There’s a Map for That

A new, interactive tool can help managers make critical water-quality decisions in the Red River Basin of the United States and Canada.

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Media Advisory: USGS Crews Measure Record Flooding in Eastern Texas

Media Advisory: USGS Crews Measure Record Flooding in Eastern Texas

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring record flooding in parts of eastern Texas following intense rainfall. Rainfall amounts of 18 – 20...

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New Maps of 2015 Floods Help S. Carolina Plan for the Future

New Maps of 2015 Floods Help S. Carolina Plan for the Future

The U.S. Geological Survey has created 20 new flood inundation maps that can help South Carolinians take steps to prevent or reduce future flood...

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Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team Deployed to Saipan after Two Snake Sightings

Brown Treesnake Rapid Response Team Deployed to Saipan after Two Snake Sightings

Two recent reports of two brown treesnakes on Saipan is prompting federal and state officials to urge citizens of Hawaii, Guam and other Pacific...

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Airborne Sensor Shows Promise for Monitoring Water Quality

Airborne Sensor Shows Promise for Monitoring Water Quality

To demonstrate the potential of using remote sensing to monitor water quality across broad areas, U.S Geological Survey and NASA scientists teamed up...

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Modeling the Mouse: Future Flood Risk for the Souris River

Modeling the Mouse: Future Flood Risk for the Souris River

The Souris, or Mouse, River Basin is currently in a wet climate period and will be at high flood risk for some time, according to a scientific model...

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New California Fog Maps Reveal Pictures for Planning

New California Fog Maps Reveal Pictures for Planning

A new series of maps of fog and low clouds covering the northern and central California coasts reveals daytime and nighttime patterns with a level of...

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New Study Examines Naturally Occurring Asbestos Carried in Sumas River Sediment

New Study Examines Naturally Occurring Asbestos Carried in Sumas River Sediment

The Sumas River, in northwest Washington, contains sediment that carries naturally occurring asbestos. 

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50-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Seafloor Mapping Reveals Cause of 1964 Tsunami that Destroyed Alaskan Village

50-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Seafloor Mapping Reveals Cause of 1964 Tsunami that Destroyed Alaskan Village

Minutes after the 1964 magnitude-9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake began shaking, a series of tsunami waves swept through the village of Chenega in Prince...

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Mesilla Basin Microgravity Survey to Measure Aquifer Changes

Mesilla Basin Microgravity Survey to Measure Aquifer Changes

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources will determine changes in the amount of...

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Arkansas Christmas Flooding Most Extensive in 25 Years on Some Rivers

Arkansas Christmas Flooding Most Extensive in 25 Years on Some Rivers

Significant flood peaks occurred across the Arkansas, White and Red River Basins in Arkansas beginning on Dec. 26 and the rivers are still high...

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