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USGS and the Navajo Nation: Building stronger relationships by supporting Earth observation science, while respecting Navajo culture

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USGS ecologist forges the key to unlocking a long-standing scientific debate about habitat fragmentation

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USGS New Supercomputer Helps Scientists Wrangle Data

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3 Cool Ways USGS is Studying Bats in National Parks

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The Great ShakeOut (2023's Version)

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Using Petroleum Reservoirs to Store Carbon

How injecting carbon dioxide into oil and gas reservoirs stores carbon dioxide while increasing oil and gas production

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USGS research helps American shad find their way

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USGS and the Navajo Nation: Building stronger relationships by supporting Earth observation science, while respecting Navajo culture

Just as storytelling is integral to the preservation of traditions of Indigenous culture, so is the importance of sharing of Earth observation data to...

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USGS ecologist forges the key to unlocking a long-standing scientific debate about habitat fragmentation

Jonathon Valente didn’t set out to be a mediator for scientists or science, but to help his field of landscape ecology out of a rut, that’s just what...

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USGS New Supercomputer Helps Scientists Wrangle Data

Earlier this year, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Science Analytics and Synthesis Advanced Research Computing (ARC) installed its newest supercomputer...

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Waste not, want not: How USGS capabilities enhance COVID-19 wastewater surveillance

You can tell a lot about someone’s health from their body’s waste. If you are fighting an infectious illness, you flush away more than yesterday’s...

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3 Cool Ways USGS is Studying Bats in National Parks

From the latest wildlife tracking tech to collaboration with recreationalists, USGS scientists and partners are using innovative methods to study bats...

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The Great ShakeOut (2023's Version)

It's that special day of the year again when we all drop, cover, and hold on! It's the Great ShakeOut (2023's Version).

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Using Petroleum Reservoirs to Store Carbon

Can the very reservoirs where petroleum was produced be used to store carbon? The USGS went to find out!

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USGS research helps American shad find their way

Science takes time.

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Conozca a Legna Torres-García, oceanógrafa investigadora y Jefa Científica por Excelencia

Legna Torres-García alcanzó las estrellas y se convirtió en una renombrada oceanógrafa de investigación en el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos...

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Meet Legna Torres-Garcia, research oceanographer and all-around Science Boss

Legna Torres-Garcia reached for the stars and became a renowned research oceanographer at the U.S. Geological Survey, where she helps coastal...

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Make Your Benchmark: Join the Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program

For more than 144 years, the USGS has built its reputation on providing the finest Earth science regarding the United States for decision-makers, land...

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Major earthquake strikes Oukaïmedene, Morocco

The shallow quake struck the Atlas Mountains of western Morocco September 8 at 11:11 pm local time.

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