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New USGS Alaska Geochemical Atlas Tells Rich Tales About the Last Frontier

New USGS Alaska Geochemical Atlas Tells Rich Tales About the Last Frontier

The U.S. Geological Survey has produced a new compilation of landscape-scale sediment and soil geochemical data for Alaska. This was last completed...

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Waterfowl Populations Resilient to Fires in the Western Boreal Forest

Waterfowl Populations Resilient to Fires in the Western Boreal Forest

“These results suggest that waterfowl populations in the western boreal forest are resilient to forest fires and that current policies of limited fire...

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Thawing Permafrost Spells More than Climate Change for Earth’s Underground Layers

Thawing Permafrost Spells More than Climate Change for Earth’s Underground Layers

The thawing of the planet’s permafrost is replumbing arctic environments, creating several hydrologic consequences and possibly some opportunities...

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EarthView–Beaufort Sea Ice Experiences Unusually Early Breakup

EarthView–Beaufort Sea Ice Experiences Unusually Early Breakup

Think breaking up is hard to do? Not for ice in the Beaufort Sea in this week’s EarthView...

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USGS Assesses Carbon Potential of Alaska Lands

USGS Assesses Carbon Potential of Alaska Lands

Fate of Alaska's large carbon reserves could affect greenhouse gas concentration.

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New Science Challenges Old Assumptions about Harmful Algal Blooms

New Science Challenges Old Assumptions about Harmful Algal Blooms

First-of-its-kind survey shows that algal toxins are found nationwide

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Citizen Science – Volcanic Ash Collection Workshop and Public Lecture

Citizen Science – Volcanic Ash Collection Workshop and Public Lecture

Two public events are scheduled next week in the City of Kodiak, Alaska about monitoring old volcanic ash resuspended by high winds. Scientists invite...

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How Climate Change Might Affect Polar Bears' Bodies

How Climate Change Might Affect Polar Bears' Bodies

You really are what you eat. That’s the taking-off point for a new polar bear study, conducted by U.S. Geological Survey researchers with an assist...

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Alaska Still a Likely Portal for Avian Influenza

Alaska Still a Likely Portal for Avian Influenza

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Geological Survey released additional evidence that western Alaska remains a hot spot for avian influenza to enter North...

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New Scientist-in-Charge at the Alaska Volcano Observatory

New Scientist-in-Charge at the Alaska Volcano Observatory

The U.S. Geological Survey is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Michelle Coombs as the next Scientist-in-Charge of the Alaska Volcano...

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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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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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