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Circulation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu in North American Birds

Circulation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu in North American Birds

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 viruses of Eurasian origin continue to circulate and evolve in North American wild birds.
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New Stream Monitoring Method Locates Elevated Groundwater Methane in Shale-Gas Development Area

New Stream Monitoring Method Locates Elevated Groundwater Methane in Shale-Gas Development Area

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Utah have used a new stream-based methane monitoring...

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Polar Bears Unlikely to Thrive on Land-based Foods

Polar Bears Unlikely to Thrive on Land-based Foods

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A team of scientists led by the U.S. Geological Survey found that polar bears, increasingly forced on shore due to sea ice loss...

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USGS Releases Online Tool for Estimating Atrazine Levels in Streams and Rivers

USGS Releases Online Tool for Estimating Atrazine Levels in Streams and Rivers

A new online, interactive tool for estimating atrazine concentrations in streams and rivers is now available.
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Golden State Quads Add Trails

Golden State Quads Add Trails

Several of the 2,798 new US Topo quadrangles for California now display public trails along with segments of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail...
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New Technology Helps Identify Dispersal of Avian Flu Virus between Asia and Alaska

New Technology Helps Identify Dispersal of Avian Flu Virus between Asia and Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a new study published today, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service harnessed a new type...

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Updated Information on Cuba Mineral and Petroleum Resources Released

Updated Information on Cuba Mineral and Petroleum Resources Released

Cuba is among the top 10 producers of cobalt and nickel and has significant other mineral and petroleum resources, according to a new U.S. Geological...

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USGS Seeks Proposals for Earthquake Science

USGS Seeks Proposals for Earthquake Science

The U.S. Geological Survey expects to award up to $7 million in grants for earthquake hazards research in 2016.
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New Report Indicates Potential for Five Times Known Copper Deposits Yet to Be Found in Central Asia

New Report Indicates Potential for Five Times Known Copper Deposits Yet to Be Found in Central Asia

SPOKANE, Wash. — A new U.S. Geological Survey report covering major parts of the world’s largest mountain belt in central Asia estimates the existence...

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USGS Engravings Offered to the Public

USGS Engravings Offered to the Public

From the 1880s to the 1950s, the U. S. Geological Survey used engraved copper plates in the process of printing many thousands of topographic and ...

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Home on the California Range, Year 2100: Land Use and Climate Change Could Impact Wildlife, Water Supplies

Home on the California Range, Year 2100: Land Use and Climate Change Could Impact Wildlife, Water Supplies

Grassland habitats on rangelands in California’s Central Valley and surrounding foothills could decline by as much as 37 percent by 2100 due to...

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National Wetlands Research Center to Merge

National Wetlands Research Center to Merge

The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wetlands Research Center in Lafayette and the Southeast Ecological Science Center in Gainesville, Florida will...

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