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USGS Offers Emergency Managers a New Tool to Assess Lahar Hazards at Mount Rainier

USGS Offers Emergency Managers a New Tool to Assess Lahar Hazards at Mount Rainier

U.S. Geological Survey scientists studying Mount Rainier and its hazards for the past 70 years have long recognized that the greatest danger may not...

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USGS Releases Five-year Nationwide Strategic Plan for Volcano Hazards

USGS Releases Five-year Nationwide Strategic Plan for Volcano Hazards

The U.S. Geological Survey recently released a new Volcano Hazards Program Strategic Science Plan for 2022-2026.

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 Six Ways the USGS Celebrates Earth Day Everyday

 Six Ways the USGS Celebrates Earth Day Everyday

What better way to mark Earth Day than with a listicle all about USGS science for our changing world?

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Media Alert: Public Invitation: Remembering the 1972 Flood, Planning for the Future of Water Resources

Media Alert: Public Invitation: Remembering the 1972 Flood, Planning for the Future of Water Resources

Media and the public are invited to a free meeting about critical South Dakota-area water issues on Thursday, April 27, in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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From the Seafloor to Outer Space, USGS is on the Case

From the Seafloor to Outer Space, USGS is on the Case

It’s a pale blue dot. It’s also a landscape of jagged peaks and valleys beneath fluffy white clouds. It's a vast field of wispy green grasses and a...

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April Showers may Bring May Flowers, but Winter Snow is Water in the Bank

April Showers may Bring May Flowers, but Winter Snow is Water in the Bank

The type of precipitation falling from the sky matters, especially for delicate mountain ecosystems.

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Community Meeting for Reimagining Molokaʻi's Wetlands

Community Meeting for Reimagining Molokaʻi's Wetlands

Community members and the news media are invited to join a public meeting to discuss potential options for restoring Molokaʻi’s coastal wetlands.

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History of Lake Powell Written in Sediment

History of Lake Powell Written in Sediment

Declining water levels in Lake Powell since 2000 provide a unique opportunity to study the sediments along previous shorelines. Researchers from the...

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Volcanoes and USGS Volcano Science: Just the Facts

Volcanoes and USGS Volcano Science: Just the Facts

Volcanoes are an incredible feature of Earth’s geologic environment – at once awe-inspiring and terrifying. They remind us that the planet we call...

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Joint Study of Harney Basin will Guide Future Groundwater Planning and Management

Joint Study of Harney Basin will Guide Future Groundwater Planning and Management

The Oregon Department of Water Resources and USGS have published a new groundwater-flow study for the southwestern Oregon’s Harney Basin aquifer...

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Twenty-four Years of Data Show Desert Soils Struggle for Survival

Twenty-four Years of Data Show Desert Soils Struggle for Survival

Increasing summertime temperatures in the deserts of the southwest United States may be making it harder for lichens, an important member of the soil...

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Secretary Haaland Announces Progress Toward Conservation and Restoration of Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity

Secretary Haaland Announces Progress Toward Conservation and Restoration of Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity

Grants to states and Tribes, new partnerships, and innovative science part of suite of announcements helping to advance wildlife corridor work at the...

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