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In monarch butterfly decline mystery, scientists rule out habitat loss in migration zone

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President proposes $1.6 billion FY 2025 budget for USGS

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The USGS and partners launch World Lidar Day Feb. 12 at Geo Week Conference in Denver

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USGS partners with Havasupai Tribe to identify potential contaminant exposure pathways from Grand Canyon uranium mining

The report incorporates indigenous knowledge to pinpoint new exposure pathways

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Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams

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Inflation Reduction Act accelerates USGS effort to collect high-resolution data of landscapes across 25 states

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New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US

The research-based map is the first to display an updated, comprehensive National Seismic Hazard Model for all 50 states

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Nation’s Authoritative Land Cover Map New and Improved

Nation’s Authoritative Land Cover Map New and Improved

Just released, the latest edition of the nation’s most comprehensive look at land-surface conditions from coast to coast shows the extent of land...

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East Poplar Brine-Contaminated Groundwater Plumes Continue to Move

East Poplar Brine-Contaminated Groundwater Plumes Continue to Move

A new report by the U.S. Geological Survey describes the extent and movement of contamination in the East Poplar oil field area in northeastern...

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No Foolin’ -- You Can Contribute to National Mapping

No Foolin’ -- You Can Contribute to National Mapping

This April marks the one year anniversary of the USGS's The National Map Corps (TNMCorps) transition from a small regional pilot project in the heart...

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Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Ever since the great magnitude 9.2 earthquake shook Alaska 50 years ago today, scientists have suspected that the quake's rupture halted at the...

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Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Prior Great Earthquakes Unveiled at the Western Edge of the 1964 Alaska Rupture

Ever since the great magnitude 9.2 earthquake shook Alaska 50 years ago today, scientists have suspected that the quake's rupture halted at the...

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Scientists Study Effects of Water Released Across U.S.-Mexico Border

Scientists Study Effects of Water Released Across U.S.-Mexico Border

As a large pulse of water is being released into the former delta of the Colorado River along the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Geological Survey...

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New Utah Maps and Road Provider

New Utah Maps and Road Provider

Newly released US Topo maps  for Utah now feature a new commercial road data provider.

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Post-Fire Stabilization Seedings Have Not Developed Into Sage-grouse Habitat

Post-Fire Stabilization Seedings Have Not Developed Into Sage-grouse Habitat

The practice of emergency post-fire seeding in sagebrush landscapes of the Great Basin, which was meant to stabilize soils, has not resulted in...

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The Science Behind the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami

The Science Behind the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami

Why does the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake Matter 50 Years Later? Scientific experts will talk about a half-century of scientific and monitoring...

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North Atlantic May Be a New Route for Spread of Avian Flu to North America

North Atlantic May Be a New Route for Spread of Avian Flu to North America

The North Atlantic region is a newly discovered important pathway for avian influenza to move between Europe and North America, according to a U.S...

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Bighorn Sheep on A Desert Island: Been There, Dung That

Bighorn Sheep on A Desert Island: Been There, Dung That

In a finding authors are coining an "unintentional rewilding," scientists identified a cave dung deposit as belonging to bighorn sheep that became...

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Invasive Burmese Pythons Are Good Navigators and Can Find Their Way Home

Invasive Burmese Pythons Are Good Navigators and Can Find Their Way Home

Invasive Burmese pythons in South Florida are able to find their way home even when moved far away from their capture locations, a finding that has...

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