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New App for Lake Houston Provides Real-Time Stream and Water-Quality Data
Real-time water-quality, streamflow and water height information for Lake Houston and the surrounding San Jacinto watershed are now available from a new web application from the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the City of Houston.
Public Invitation: The Scoop on Western South Dakota’s Vital Water Resources
Media and the public are invited to attend a free meeting about South Dakota water issues on Thursday, April 19, in Rapid City, South Dakota.
USGS Scientists Develop New Tool to Determine if Vermiculite Insulation Contains Asbestos
U.S. Geological Survey scientists and partners have created an onsite, time-saving technique for building inspectors to ascertain whether vermiculite insulation contains amphibole asbestos. The findings are featured in the April 2 edition of American Mineralogist.
Bear Lake to Receive Water Quality and Weather Monitoring Equipment
Bear Lake will house water quality and weather monitoring equipment that will provide near real-time information to the public and water managers beginning in early April and continuing through 2022.
New Control Methods Can Help Protect Coral Reefs from Invasive Species
Honolulu, Hawaii – Control efforts such as the removal of shipwrecks and application of chlorine may help mitigate the damaging effects of corallimorph, which is a type of invasive anemone, on valuable coral reefs in the Central Pacific Ocean, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.
Earthquake Early Warning! New Study Examines Safety Potentials and Limits
In a newly published study, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and their partners calculate possible alert times that earthquake early warning systems can provide people at different levels of ground motion from light to very strong shaking.
Mapping Beach Changes After Devastating Montecito Debris Flows
MEDIA ADVISORY
During the week of March 26, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey will begin four days of mapping selected beaches and the adjacent seafloor in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Results will be compared to surveys from last fall to highlight changes due to winter waves, and to sediment inputs from area streams.
New genetic test detects manatees' recent presence in fresh or saltwater
Environmental DNA picks up traces of the elusive mammals’ saliva, skin, waste, or exhaled breaths.
Media Advisory: Water Levels to be Measured in 1,300 Southern Idaho Wells
Data Will Provide a “Snapshot” of the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer
Media Advisory: Low-flying Helicopter to Survey Groundwater near Grand Canyon West and Peach Springs, Arizona
Note to Editors: In the public interest, and in accordance with FAA regulations, the USGS is announcing this low-level airborne project. Your assistance in informing the local communities is appreciated.
USGS Deploys Storm-Tide Sensors in Advance of Nor’Easter
USGS field crews are deploying storm-tide and wave sensors today from Maine to Delaware to track and study a Nor’easter forecasted to begin tomorrow.
Media Advisory: Low-Flying Airplane to Study Geology of the Central Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Residents and visitors may witness a low-flying airplane above the broader Iron Mountain-Escanaba-Marquette region starting at the beginning of April, 2018.