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Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems, Part 1 - Understanding and Applying Restoration

Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems, Part 1 - Understanding and Applying Restoration

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Heightened interest in advancing sage-grouse conservation has increased the importance of sagebrush-steppe restoration to recover or...
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Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake in Afghanistan

Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake in Afghanistan

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Afghanistan on October 26, 2015 at 09:09:32 UTC.
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EarthWord: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN)

EarthWord: Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN)

Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) is an infectious viral disease of salmon and trout.

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Floods in South Carolina Set 17 USGS Streamgage Records

Floods in South Carolina Set 17 USGS Streamgage Records

During the historic October 2015 floods in South Carolina, 17 U.S. Geological Survey streamgages recorded the highest peak streamflow and/or river...
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Joint Venture, U.S. Geological Survey Join Forces

Joint Venture, U.S. Geological Survey Join Forces

Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the U.S. Geological Survey today jointly announced a partnership to address regional challenges from natural hazards...

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New Model Improves Predictions for How Climate Change Will Affect Fish Habitat

New Model Improves Predictions for How Climate Change Will Affect Fish Habitat

A new approach by U.S. Geological Survey scientists to modeling water temperatures resulted in more realistic predictions of how climate change will...

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Scientists Able to Track Contaminated Water from Lower Yakima Valley Wells to Sources

Scientists Able to Track Contaminated Water from Lower Yakima Valley Wells to Sources

Scientists built upon a recently completed groundwater model of the Yakima River Basin to create a computer simulation that tracks well water back to...
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Arctic Mammals May Face Shrinking Habitat from Climate Warming

Arctic Mammals May Face Shrinking Habitat from Climate Warming

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A new scientific study predicts that some of Alaska’s mammal species will respond to future climate warming by concentrating in...

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A Nation Parched for Research on Ecological Drought

A Nation Parched for Research on Ecological Drought

While prolonged drought with widespread impacts on food and water supplies for people is among the oldest stories in human history, ecological drought...

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EarthWord: Hypoxia

EarthWord: Hypoxia

Hypoxia sounds as bad as it is. It refers to an environment that is too low on oxygen to sustain most aerobic life, particularly an aquatic...

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Media Advisory: Low-Level Flights to Begin Assessing Local Mineral Resources this Monday

Media Advisory: Low-Level Flights to Begin Assessing Local Mineral Resources this Monday

U.S. Geological Survey scientists will conduct a high-resolution airborne survey to study the rock layers under a region of northeastern Iowa...

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Grass Carp Eggs Compromised by Settling on Streambeds

Grass Carp Eggs Compromised by Settling on Streambeds

Grass carp egg survival is compromised when they settle on streambeds and are potentially covered by sediments, according to a new study by the U.S...

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