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Reporters: Accompany a USGS field crew as they monitor stream flow and flooding

Reporters: Accompany a USGS field crew as they monitor stream flow and flooding

The U.S. Geological Survey’s California Water Science Center is hosting a media event Monday, Jan. 9 at a USGS streamgage location below Friant Dam, a...

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California Flood Preparedness Week

California Flood Preparedness Week

This week is California Flood Preparedness week, and local, state, and federal agencies are reminding Californians to be aware and be prepared for...

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Scientists Assess 100 years of Los Angeles Groundwater Replenishment

Scientists Assess 100 years of Los Angeles Groundwater Replenishment

A new study offers the most sophisticated analyses to date on how Los Angeles-area groundwater supplies are replenished. The analyses provide water...

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USGS Science Goes Overseas

USGS Science Goes Overseas

Randall (Randy) Hanson, a long-time Research Hydrologist with the California Water Science Center, delivered a keynote speech today at an...

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Comprehensive Study finds Widespread Mercury Contamination Across Western North America

Comprehensive Study finds Widespread Mercury Contamination Across Western North America

Mercury contamination is widespread, at various levels across western North America in air, soil, sediment, plants, fish and wildlife.

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A Day in the Life: Groundwater Sampling in Jurupa Valley

A Day in the Life: Groundwater Sampling in Jurupa Valley

The buzzing of an alarm clock marks the start of another day in the field for California Water Science Center scientists Mike Wright, David Dillon...

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Research Opportunities at Federal Agencies on the Sacramento State Campus

Research Opportunities at Federal Agencies on the Sacramento State Campus

The first presentation in the Geology-Ecology-Environmental Science Colloquium Series for Fall 2016 will be held on Tuesday, September 6 at 4:30pm in...

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Back to School: USGS Hydrologist Talks Water Science with Local 5th Graders

Back to School: USGS Hydrologist Talks Water Science with Local 5th Graders

Facing a room full of 5th graders is no easy task, made even harder by the difficult job of attempting to explain the water cycle, aquifer systems...

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Cross-border waters: USGS, UNESCO, and guidelines for transboundary groundwater management

Cross-border waters: USGS, UNESCO, and guidelines for transboundary groundwater management

The old adage goes "there are only three things you can count on. Death, taxes, and transboundary water laws." Okay, well that might not necessarily...

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Study Links Contamination in Southern California Streams to 2009 Station Fire

Study Links Contamination in Southern California Streams to 2009 Station Fire

Elevated levels of trace metals such as iron, lead, nickel and zinc were found in streams of the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles...

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Methane from Some Wetlands May Lower Benefits of Carbon Sequestration

Methane from Some Wetlands May Lower Benefits of Carbon Sequestration

Methane emissions from restored wetlands may offset the benefits of carbon sequestration a new study from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests. 

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California Water Science Center Talks Water Quality with Orange County Kids

California Water Science Center Talks Water Quality with Orange County Kids

California Water Science Center scientist teach water quality issues to Orange County students

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