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Hyperspectral Aerial Survey will Enhance Mapping Capabilities

Hyperspectral Aerial Survey will Enhance Mapping Capabilities

Starting on July 5 (weather permitting), U.S. Geological Survey scientists will conduct a high-resolution airborne survey over the next 30 days to...
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Hyperspectral Aerial Survey will Enhance Mapping Capabilities

Hyperspectral Aerial Survey will Enhance Mapping Capabilities

Starting on July 5 (weather permitting), U.S. Geological Survey scientists will conduct a high-resolution airborne survey over the next 30 days to...

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Training International Volcano Scientists and Saving Lives Worldwide

Training International Volcano Scientists and Saving Lives Worldwide

HAWAII ISLAND, Hawaiʻi — Scientists and technicians who work at volcano observatories in 11 countries are visiting the U.S. Geological Survey...

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Fish Populations Down Due to Mountaintop Mining

Fish Populations Down Due to Mountaintop Mining

Appalachian streams impacted by mountaintop mining have less than half as many fish species and about a third as many fish as non-impacted streams...
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Intersex Fish Now in Three Pennsylvania River Basins

Intersex Fish Now in Three Pennsylvania River Basins

Intersex fish have been found in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna, Delaware and Ohio river basins, indicating that the effects of endocrine-disrupting...

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Bienvenidos Puerto Rico! (English)

Bienvenidos Puerto Rico! (English)

Since August 2013, all 50 states have been available for editing under the USGS The National Map Corps Volunteer Geographic Information project...

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