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New backcountry alert system warns Grand Canyon visitors about flash floods in areas without cellular signal

New backcountry alert system warns Grand Canyon visitors about flash floods in areas without cellular signal

Visitors can subscribe to the alert system using satellite communication devices.

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USGS Measures Flooding Across Texas

USGS Measures Flooding Across Texas

Reporters: Do you want to accompany a USGS field crew as they measure flooding? Please contact Jennifer LaVista.  

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Low-level fixed-wing flights to image geology of Michigan and Wisconsin

Low-level fixed-wing flights to image geology of Michigan and Wisconsin

RESTON, VA. — Low-level airplane flights are planned to begin soon over areas of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin using airborne...

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Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of New England

Media Alert: Low-level flights to image geology over parts of New England

RESTON, VA. — Low-level airplane flights are planned over parts of the Connecticut River Valley to image geology using airborne geophysical technology...

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WSGS and USGS collaborate on new airborne mineral survey in southeastern Wyoming

WSGS and USGS collaborate on new airborne mineral survey in southeastern Wyoming

LARAMIE, WY -- The Wyoming State Geological Survey, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey will conduct a high-resolution airborne geophysical...

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USGS deploys equipment to measure waves in Upper Mississippi River’s Pool 13

USGS deploys equipment to measure waves in Upper Mississippi River’s Pool 13

The research will inform conservation planning for aquatic plants and mussels

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Hawaiian Volcano Observatory welcomes 150 international scientists to the Island of Hawai'i

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory welcomes 150 international scientists to the Island of Hawai'i

The AGU Chapman Conference on Caldera-Forming Eruptions at Basaltic Volcanoes will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists to contrast...

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Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over Wyoming and Colorado

Media Alert: Low-level helicopter flights to image geology over Wyoming and 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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Low-level flights to reimage geology over parts of central Florida following Hurricanes Milton, Helene

Low-level flights to reimage geology over parts of central Florida following Hurricanes Milton, Helene

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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Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Illinois

Low-Level Flights to Image Geology Over Parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Illinois

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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USGS to invest $1.1 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to district-scale hyperspectral survey of Arizona, New Mexico

USGS to invest $1.1 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to district-scale hyperspectral survey of Arizona, New Mexico

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey has announced it will invest approximately $1.1 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect...

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USGS invests $3.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to map critical minerals across the Ozark Plateau

USGS invests $3.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to map critical minerals across the Ozark Plateau

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey has announced it will invest approximately $3.8 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect...

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