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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southwest Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southwest Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Southwest Climate Science Center is awarding nearly a million dollars to...

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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southeast Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the Southeast Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s Southeast Climate Science Center is awarding nearly $150,000 to its host...

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Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the North Central Climate Science Center

Secretary Jewell Announces New Wildlife and Climate Studies at the North Central Climate Science Center

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, is awarding...

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Highly Pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Birds in Washington State H5N2 Found in Northern Pintail Ducks & H5N8 Found in Captive Gyrfalcons

Highly Pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza Confirmed in Wild Birds in Washington State H5N2 Found in Northern Pintail Ducks & H5N8 Found in Captive Gyrfalcons

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2014 — The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the...

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Winter is Coming! The Science of Ice and Fire

Winter is Coming! The Science of Ice and Fire

The HBO series, Game of Thrones, the television adaptation of the book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, has captured the imagination of over 24 million...

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High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline

High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline

The U.S. Geological Survey has released a new report detailing changes of groundwater levels in the High Plains Aquifer. The report presents water...

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Urban Stream Contamination Increasing Rapidly Due to Road Salt

Urban Stream Contamination Increasing Rapidly Due to Road Salt

Average chloride concentrations often exceed toxic levels in many northern United States streams due to the use of salt to deice winter pavement, and...

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The Other 364 Days of the Year: The Real Lives of Wild Reindeer

The Other 364 Days of the Year: The Real Lives of Wild Reindeer

Caribou, North America’s wild reindeer, have lives apart from their famous role on Christmas Eve. Reindeer, of course, is another common name for...

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New Scientific Study Supports that Capture-based Research is Safe for Polar Bears

New Scientific Study Supports that Capture-based Research is Safe for Polar Bears

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A polar bear capture and release-based research program had no adverse long-term effects on feeding behavior, body condition, and...

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New USGS Map of Mars is Most Detailed One Yet

New USGS Map of Mars is Most Detailed One Yet

The U.S. Geological Survey released its highest-resolution geologic map of Mars today, and it is the most detailed representation of the Red Planet to...

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Media Advisory: Accompany a USGS Field Crew as they Measure Stream Flow and Flooding in Storm-Affected Areas of Northern California

Media Advisory: Accompany a USGS Field Crew as they Measure Stream Flow and Flooding in Storm-Affected Areas of Northern California

The U.S. Geological Survey is hosting three media availabilities on Friday, Dec. 12 at high-water areas on the Russian River near Geyserville, Calif...

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The Christmas Flood of 1964

The Christmas Flood of 1964

The Christmas flood of 1964 encompassed about 200,000 square miles, or roughly the size of France, resulted in 47 deaths, left thousands homeless and...

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