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How to reduce the risks of introducing and spreading invasive species in a major disaster

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Featured Films and Shorts

Reducing Flood Risks by Restoring Coral Reefs

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Reducing Flood Risks by Restoring Coral Reefs - Spanish

Featured Films and Shorts

Reducing Flood Risks by Restoring Coral Reefs (AD)

Podcasts
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Eyes on Earth Episode 125 – The LANDFIRE Program at 20

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Hawai‘i's role in reducing volcanic risk around the world...

Hawai‘i's role in reducing volcanic risk around the world

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State of science, gap analysis, and prioritization for southeastern United States water-quality impacts from coastal storms—Fiscal year 2023 program report to the Water Resources Mission Area from the Water Availability Impacts of Extreme Events Program—H

Featured Films and Shorts
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Protecting People with Natural Hazards Research and Monitoring

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Reducing Risk News

Featured Story
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USGS Science is Supporting Efforts to Reduce Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia

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Cultural Heritage at Risk Tool (CHART) Project

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USGS Reducing Risk Website

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Quantifying the coastal hazard risk reduction benefits of coral reef restoration in the U.S. Virgin Islands

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New Models Show Restoration Can Benefit Salmon While Reducing Flood Risks to Pacific Northwest River Deltas

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Wildfire imagery reduces risk information-seeking among homeowners as property wildfire risk increases

National News Release
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New Nationwide Strategy Brings Scientists, Communities Together to Help Reduce Landslide Risks

Presentations and Events
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Landslide risk evaluation: tools and tips for risky decisions

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Preventive actions in response to the Bsal threat reduced Bsal risk in the U.S.

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Reducing Wildfire Risk While Maintaining Critical Monarch Habitat Along the California Coast

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A circumpolar study unveils a positive non-linear effect of temperature on arctic arthropod availability that may reduce the risk of warming-induced trophic mismatch for breeding shorebirds

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Reducing risk where tectonic plates collide

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Resources for Reducing Risk, Building Resilience

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Coral Reef Restoration For Risk Reduction

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Announcing the 2021 Reducing Risk Awardees

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Volcano Watch — How to reduce your earthquake risk

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Risk of predation on offspring reduces parental provisioning, but not flight performance or survival across early life stages

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Special Issue on Reducing Flood Risk by Restoring Coral Reefs

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Reducing Risk
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Reducing Flood Risks by Restoring Coral Reefs

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