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USGS & New York State Geological Survey invest $500,000 to map geology in northwestern New York

USGS & New York State Geological Survey invest $500,000 to map geology in northwestern New York

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey will invest $500,000 to map geology and critical mineral resources in New York in partnership with the New...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Support Critical Minerals, Hurricane Resiliency Through New Federal-State Mapping Efforts in Alabama and Florida

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Support Critical Minerals, Hurricane Resiliency Through New Federal-State Mapping Efforts in Alabama and Florida

RESTON, Va. — The USGS will invest more than $5 million to map both critical minerals and mineral resources important to hurricane resiliency in...

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The USGS Invests $1.5M in Local Partnerships to Improve Urban Waterways

The USGS Invests $1.5M in Local Partnerships to Improve Urban Waterways

New studies will monitor water quality and investigate contaminants, microplastics, novel bacteria and harmful algal blooms.

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USGS forecasts Tropical Storm Idalia may cause significant coastal change along western Florida

USGS forecasts Tropical Storm Idalia may cause significant coastal change along western Florida

A new U.S. Geological Survey coastal change forecast predicts sandy beaches and dunes along Florida’s west coast are likely to see significant impacts...

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Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southwestern Colorado

Media Alert: Low-Level Helicopter Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Southwestern Colorado

Editor: In the public interest and in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne...

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PFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

PFAS chemicals detected in many rivers and streams across Pennsylvania

Water samples from 161 Pennsylvania rivers and streams were tested for 33 different per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and 76% of the studied streams...

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Purdue University to host new multi-agency research partnership to benefit Indiana’s wildlife and wild places

Purdue University to host new multi-agency research partnership to benefit Indiana’s wildlife and wild places

The partnership is Indiana’s first U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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Media Alert: The WSGS and USGS announce low-level helicopter flights near Laramie, Wyoming

Media Alert: The WSGS and USGS announce low-level helicopter flights near Laramie, Wyoming

Scientists with the Wyoming State Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey are partnering to image geology using airborne geophysical...

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USGS hydrologic study to use non-toxic green dye in Lake Fork Creek

USGS hydrologic study to use non-toxic green dye in Lake Fork Creek

LEADVILLE, Colo.--The U.S. Geological Survey will be conducting a dye-tracing study in Lake Fork Creek, west of Leadville, Colorado, and just...

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Illegal shooting along power lines a leading cause of death for bald eagles, protected birds in the West

Illegal shooting along power lines a leading cause of death for bald eagles, protected birds in the West

BOISE, IDAHO - A study examining protected birds found dead along power lines on public lands in the western U.S. shows that gunshot deaths were three...

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MEDIA ALERT: One of Colorado’s deadliest natural disasters on record began 47 years ago today

MEDIA ALERT: One of Colorado’s deadliest natural disasters on record began 47 years ago today

In the early evening of July 31, 1976, the day prior to Colorado’s centennial, a year’s worth of rain fell in 70 minutes over the headwaters of the...

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Biofuel crop expansion contributes to loss of grassland birds in North Dakota, study finds

Biofuel crop expansion contributes to loss of grassland birds in North Dakota, study finds

Recent shifts from small grain agriculture to biofuel feedstocks affected grassland birds more negatively than did oil and gas development

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