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USGS Scientist Honored with Prestigious Federal Employee of the Year Medal for Role in Ending Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

USGS Scientist Honored with Prestigious Federal Employee of the Year Medal for Role in Ending Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

USGS research hydrologist Paul Hsieh was awarded the 2011 Federal Employee of the Year Medal for providing critical scientific information during the...

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Pacific Walruses Studied as Sea Ice Melts

Pacific Walruses Studied as Sea Ice Melts

USGS Alaska Science Center researchers, in cooperation with the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, attached 74 satellite radio tags to Pacific...

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Common Murre Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years on the Channel Islands off Southern California

Common Murre Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years on the Channel Islands off Southern California

Last July, researchers from the USGS and the National Park Service discovered that California Common Murre chicks had hatched on the Channel Islands...

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Climate History and Deep-Sea-Coral Habitats—Clues from the Drake Passage Between Antarctica and South America

Climate History and Deep-Sea-Coral Habitats—Clues from the Drake Passage Between Antarctica and South America

In May and June 2011, USGS marine geologist Kathy Scanlon participated in a 34-day research cruise on the icebreaking research vessel Nathaniel B...

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Elwha Dam Removal Begins—Long-Planned Project Will Restore Ecosystem, Salmon Runs

Elwha Dam Removal Begins—Long-Planned Project Will Restore Ecosystem, Salmon Runs

"America's rivers are the lifeblood of America's economy—from the water for farms that produce our food to the fish and wildlife that sustain our...

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Recent Publications - September-October 2011

Recent Publications - September-October 2011

List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

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Microbial Ecology of Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons

Microbial Ecology of Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons

A new USGS fact sheet highlights microbiological experiments that will be conducted in submarine canyons along the U.S. east coast.

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Publications Explain Elwha River Restoration to Scientists, General Public

Publications Explain Elwha River Restoration to Scientists, General Public

USGS publications explain to scientists and the general public what to expect as the historic removal of two dams from Washington's Elwha River begins...

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New Interns Join USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center Staff at Everglades National Park

New Interns Join USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center Staff at Everglades National Park

Student interns at Everglades National Park.

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Significant Natural Gas Resources Remain to Be Discovered in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Significant Natural Gas Resources Remain to Be Discovered in Cook Inlet, Alaska

the USGS estimates that mean undiscovered volumes of nearly 600 million barrels of oil, about 19 trillion square feet of natural gas, and 46 million...

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International Team Studies Impacts of Oil and Gas Drilling on Cold-Water Corals in Norway

International Team Studies Impacts of Oil and Gas Drilling on Cold-Water Corals in Norway

Regulations exist to keep drilling from occurring too close to the corals; however, drilling mud (a slurry of clays used to keep the drill lubricated)...

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