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New USGS Maps for NC and TN Show National Park Visitor Centers and Other Features

New USGS Maps for NC and TN Show National Park Visitor Centers and Other Features

Newly released US Topo maps are now available and for the first time, the maps covering Great Smoky Mountains National Park display trails...

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Sea Otter Survey Encouraging, but Comes Up Short of the “Perfect Story”

Sea Otter Survey Encouraging, but Comes Up Short of the “Perfect Story”

SANTA CRUZ, California — The southern sea otter, Enhydra lutris nereis, continues its climb toward recovery, according to the annual count released...

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Widespread Plastic Pollution Found in Great Lakes Tributaries

Widespread Plastic Pollution Found in Great Lakes Tributaries

  

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Warmer Waters From Climate Change Could Impact Sport Fish Communities in Midwestern Lakes

Warmer Waters From Climate Change Could Impact Sport Fish Communities in Midwestern Lakes

A recent study looks at the impact of climate change on certain fish in Wisconsin lakes. 

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Magnitudes for Oklahoma Earthquakes Shift Upward

Magnitudes for Oklahoma Earthquakes Shift Upward

Revisions follow standard USGS re-analysis

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Declining Bird Community on Kauai Island Reveals Threat of Changing Environmental Conditions

Declining Bird Community on Kauai Island Reveals Threat of Changing Environmental Conditions

Kauai Island forest birds at tipping point toward extinction

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Age Before Youth: Older Cranes Lead the Way to New Migration Patterns

Age Before Youth: Older Cranes Lead the Way to New Migration Patterns

Bird migration patterns are changing rapidly worldwide due to climate and land use changes, and in the case of the endangered whooping crane, its age...

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U.S., Vietnamese Science Agencies Partner to Protect Biodiversity in Vietnam

U.S., Vietnamese Science Agencies Partner to Protect Biodiversity in Vietnam

USGS and the Vietnam Biodiversity Conservation Agency partner to protect the biodiversity of Vietnam.

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

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

  

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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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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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