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New Study Shows High Potential for Groundwater to be Corrosive in Half of U.S. States

New Study Shows High Potential for Groundwater to be Corrosive in Half of U.S. States

An analysis of more than 20,000 wells nationwide shows 25 states have groundwater that has either high or very high potential to be corrosive...

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Cape Cod susceptible to potential effects of sea-level rise

Cape Cod susceptible to potential effects of sea-level rise

New USGS study highlights Cape Cod's risk to rising sea levels

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USGS to Discuss New Study on Potential for Groundwater to be Corrosive-Press Conference

USGS to Discuss New Study on Potential for Groundwater to be Corrosive-Press Conference

On Wednesday, July 13, USGS will release a nationwide study that ranks states’ potential for having corrosive groundwater.

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Science-Based Tools Can Help Prevent Illness at Ohio and New York Beaches

Science-Based Tools Can Help Prevent Illness at Ohio and New York Beaches

These interactive, mobile-friendly websites use maps of beach locations to indicate whether or not estimated bacteria levels exceed state safety...

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New Study Quantifies Benefits of Agricultural Conservation in Upper Mississippi River Basin

New Study Quantifies Benefits of Agricultural Conservation in Upper Mississippi River Basin

USGS-USDA Modeling Research Show Up to 34% Reduction in Nitrogen from Agricultural Conservation Practices

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Assessing Groundwater Over Time in Gaines, Terry and Yoakum Counties, Texas

Assessing Groundwater Over Time in Gaines, Terry and Yoakum Counties, Texas

A new report about how groundwater quality and quantity has changed in and around Gaines, Terry and Yoakum counties, Texas is now available from the U...

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Thawing Permafrost Spells More than Climate Change for Earth’s Underground Layers

Thawing Permafrost Spells More than Climate Change for Earth’s Underground Layers

The thawing of the planet’s permafrost is replumbing arctic environments, creating several hydrologic consequences and possibly some opportunities...

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USGS Uses Science Diplomacy and Collaboration to Advance Precipitation Monitoring in Cuba

USGS Uses Science Diplomacy and Collaboration to Advance Precipitation Monitoring in Cuba

Science diplomacy is the use of collaborations among nations to address common scientific problems and to build constructive international...

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New Tide Gauges Installed Along Virginia Beach’s Coastline

New Tide Gauges Installed Along Virginia Beach’s Coastline

Virginia Beach residents and local emergency managers have a new tool to monitor storm tides and flooding this hurricane season with the installation...

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New USGS Streamgage Aims to Protect Hoosier Lives, Property

New USGS Streamgage Aims to Protect Hoosier Lives, Property

A new streamgage recently installed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the city of Linton, Indiana, will provide continuous, real-time streamflow and...

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EarthWord–Scour

EarthWord–Scour

We’ve scoured the Earth to bring you this week’s EarthWord...

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NOAA, USGS and partners predict an average ‘dead zone’ for Gulf of Mexico

NOAA, USGS and partners predict an average ‘dead zone’ for Gulf of Mexico

Outlook incorporates multiple hypoxia models for the second year

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