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The Big Squeeze: Pythons and Mammals in Everglades National Park200th Anniversary of New Madrid EarthquakesKristina Yamamoto: A Modern GeographerThe USGS Monitors Earth’s Magnetic Field to Prepare Citizens for Magnetic Storms100 Years of Volcano Monitoring in the United States
The Big Squeeze: Pythons and Mammals in Everglades National Park
Mid-sized mammals in Everglades National Park are getting a big squeeze from invasive Burmese pythons, according to a USGS co-authored study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
200th Anniversary of New Madrid Earthquakes
200 years ago, the central Mississippi River Valley was violently shaken by a series of three large earthquakes and thousands of aftershocks. Similar risk today.
Kristina Yamamoto: A Modern Geographer
A student geographer shares her experiences and career path with the USGS. Most memorable moment
The USGS Monitors Earth’s Magnetic Field to Prepare Citizens for Magnetic Storms
Everyone is familiar with weather systems on earth like rain, wind and snow. But space weather – variable conditions in the space surrounding Earth – has important consequences for our lives inside Earth’s atmosphere.
100 Years of Volcano Monitoring in the United States
Modern volcano monitoring in the United States began with the founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in 1912. Living with volcanoes
  • A Look Back at the USGS’s 2011 Highlights

    A Look Back at the USGS’s 2011 Highlights

    Wed, 01 Feb 2012

    The U.S. Geological Survey had a very busy 2011 — below are a few of our highlights from last year.

  • Gas Hydrates and Climate Warming

    Gas Hydrates and Climate Warming

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    Despite news articles warning of large-scale releases of methane due to climate change, recent research indicates that most of the world’s gas hydrate deposits should remain stable for the next few thousand years.

  • The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes

    The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    Join us on February 1 to view the Earth from space, and discuss the profound impact Landsat has on many facets of our economy, safety, and environment.

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    Zuellig, Robert E.; Heinold, Brian D.; Kondratieff, Boris C.; Ruiter, David E.

    The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado), compiled collection record data to document the historical and present-day occurrence of mayfly, stonefly, and caddisfly species in the South Platte River Basin    Diversity and distribution of mayflies (Ephemeroptera), stoneflies (Plecoptera), and caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the South Platte River Basin, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, 1873-2010
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    Klett, T. R.; Schenk, Christopher J.; Wandrey, Craig J.; Charpentier, Ronald R.; Brownfield, Michael E.; Pitman, Janet K.; Pollastro, Richard M.; Cook, Troy A.; Tennyson, Marilyn E.

    Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated volumes of undiscovered, technically recoverable, conventional petroleum resources for the Amu Darya Basin and Afghan-Tajik    Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Amu Darya Basin and Afghan-Tajik Basin Provinces, Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, 2011
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    Jones, Krista L.; O?Connor, Jim E.; Keith, Mackenzie K.; Mangano, Joseph F.; Wallick, J. Rose

    This report summarizes a preliminary assessment of bed-material transport, vertical and lateral channel changes, and existing datasets for the Rogue River basin, which encompasses 13,390 square kilometers (km2) along the southwestern Oregon coast. This study, conducted to inform per    Preliminary assessment of channel stability and bed-material transport in the Rogue River basin, southwestern Oregon
    (Released: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00 -0700)

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