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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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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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Slowly Swimming Towards Recovery, California’s Sea Otter Numbers Holding Steady

When sea otters want to rest, they wrap a piece of kelp around their body to hold themselves steady among the rolling waves. Likewise, California’s...

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Partly Cloudy With a Chance of Birds, Bats, and Bugs

Migratory birds provide ecosystem benefits that include pest control, pollination of plants and serve as food sources for other wildlife.  They are...

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Could You Be a Scientist?

A recent study found that about 30 percent of children drew a female when asked to draw a scientist – an increase from less than one percent in the...

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