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2020 USGS Alaska Science Report
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Media Advisory: USGS to Host Congressional Briefing: Earthquake Science and Remaining Mysteries

Media Advisory: USGS to Host Congressional Briefing: Earthquake Science and Remaining Mysteries

It's 1964 in Alaska. Imagine 4.5 minutes of powerful ground shaking underneath you from a magnitude 9.2 earthquake. You and your loved ones are then...

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Latest Idaho and New Mexico Quads Available

Latest Idaho and New Mexico Quads Available

The USGS, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, has posted new Idaho US Topo quadrangles (1,193) and New Mexico quads (1,980 maps) which include...

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Sea Ice Decline and Permafrost Thaw Create Goose Habitat in Arctic Alaska

Sea Ice Decline and Permafrost Thaw Create Goose Habitat in Arctic Alaska

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey report that warming temperatures are leading to the creation of high quality habitats for geese along the...

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Potential Geothermal Resources for Akutan, Alaska

Potential Geothermal Resources for Akutan, Alaska

Akutan Island, in Alaska’s east-central Aleutian Islands, hosts the City of Akutan and is home to the largest seafood production facility in North...
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New Book Celebrates Cup’ik Youth

New Book Celebrates Cup’ik Youth

25 Years of Goose Banding and Conservation through Federal and Tribal Partnership on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Western Alaska

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