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USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors in Preparation for Hermine’s Arrival

USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors in Preparation for Hermine’s Arrival

USGS teams install storm-tide sensors in Florida before Hurricane Hermine makes landfall

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Menlo Park Map Store Changes Walk-in Policy

Menlo Park Map Store Changes Walk-in Policy

Effective September 6, 2016, walk-in sales and services at the California Geological Survey map sales office (located in the U.S. Geological Survey...

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Land-Use Change Rapidly Reducing Critical Honey Bee Habitat in Dakotas

Land-Use Change Rapidly Reducing Critical Honey Bee Habitat in Dakotas

Preventing Human-Caused Earthquakes

Preventing Human-Caused Earthquakes

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Colorado shows actions taken by drillers and regulators can lessen risk in the case...

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Pikas Disappearing from Parts of the West Due to Climate Change

Pikas Disappearing from Parts of the West Due to Climate Change

American pikas – small herbivores that typically live in rocky slopes, known as talus, across many mountain ranges in the American West – are...

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High Rate of Tumors Found on white sucker in some Wisconsin Rivers

High Rate of Tumors Found on white sucker in some Wisconsin Rivers

There is an elevated incidence of skin and liver tumors among White Suckers caught in certain Wisconsin rivers that flow into Lake Michigan according...

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Media Advisory: USGS Crews Measure Flooding in Northeast Iowa

Media Advisory: USGS Crews Measure Flooding in Northeast Iowa

Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS field crew as they measure flooding? Please contact Jason McVay at 319-430-6962.

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USGS Streamgage Reactivated After 13 Year Absence

USGS Streamgage Reactivated After 13 Year Absence

A U.S. Geological Survey streamgage, dormant since 2003, was recently reactivated in the city of Frankton, Indiana through a funding partnership with...

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Living with Vog on an Active Volcano: New Resources

Living with Vog on an Active Volcano: New Resources

New informational products about the health hazards of volcanic air pollution known as “vog,” are available through a new interagency partnership.

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USGS Records Historic Flooding in South Louisiana

USGS Records Historic Flooding in South Louisiana

Six streamgages Set peaks of record and 50 stations were overtopped by floodwaters.

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BLM, USGS Publish Data and Visualization Site for Sagebrush Geospatial Data

BLM, USGS Publish Data and Visualization Site for Sagebrush Geospatial Data

 

The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Geological Survey  have published a hub to enable easy visualization and access to geospatial data about...

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Water Levels Declining in Areas Along San Pedro River near Sierra Vista, Arizona

Water Levels Declining in Areas Along San Pedro River near Sierra Vista, Arizona

Streamflow and groundwater levels are declining in some locations along the San Pedro River near Sierra Vista, Arizona, according to a new report by...

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