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Media Advisory: Earthquake 101: Resources for Reporting on Earthquakes

Media Advisory: Earthquake 101: Resources for Reporting on Earthquakes

The U.S. Geological Survey will host an educational event for the news media focused on earthquakes on Wednesday September 24, 2014.

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Pollutant Risk Changes When Bugs Take Flight

Pollutant Risk Changes When Bugs Take Flight

Insects feed fish and wildlife higher on the food chain, but they can also transfer harmful contaminants to their predators according to new research...

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National Scenic Trails Added to Revised Michigan Maps

National Scenic Trails Added to Revised Michigan Maps

Newly released US Topo maps for Michigan now feature segments of the North Country National Scenic Trail. Several of the 1,290 new US Topo quadrangles...

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Avian Flu in Seals Could Infect People

Avian Flu in Seals Could Infect People

The avian flu virus that caused widespread harbor seal deaths in 2011 can easily spread to and infect other mammals and potentially humans.

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Media Advisory: Washington Governor Jay Inslee to Speak About Building Resilience at the Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference

Media Advisory: Washington Governor Jay Inslee to Speak About Building Resilience at the Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference

As part of the Planning Committee for the Fifth Annual Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference, the Department of the Interior’s Northwest...

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Tuesday Midday Update on South Napa Earthquake

Tuesday Midday Update on South Napa Earthquake

This release of information serves as an updated summary of U.S. Geological Survey information as it relates to the current understanding of the South...

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Update on the Magnitude 6 South Napa Earthquake of August 24, 2014

Update on the Magnitude 6 South Napa Earthquake of August 24, 2014

Yesterday at 3:20 AM local time, the northern San Francisco Bay Area was struck by the largest earthquake to impact the Bay Area since the 1989 M6.9...

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Natural Methane Seepage on U.S. Atlantic Ocean Margin Widespread

Natural Methane Seepage on U.S. Atlantic Ocean Margin Widespread

Natural methane leakage from the seafloor is far more widespread on the U.S. Atlantic margin than previously thought, according to a study by...

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A Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan

A Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan

For the past decade, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey have shared their expertise with the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) in efforts to...

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A Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan

A Decade of Water Science: USGS Helps Assess Water Resources in Afghanistan

For the past decade, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey have shared their expertise with the Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) in efforts to...

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Recent Chilean Earthquakes Signal Potential for Similar Future Events

Recent Chilean Earthquakes Signal Potential for Similar Future Events

Despite the magnitude 8.2 earthquake that hit northern Chile in April 2014, the plate boundary in that region is still capable of hosting shocks of...

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Arizona’s Santa Cruz River Chronicled in New Environmental History

Arizona’s Santa Cruz River Chronicled in New Environmental History

The somber ecological consequences of human-caused landscape change and unsustainable water use in a western watershed are carefully examined in the...

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