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Snake Barrier On Rota is Important Step Toward Preventing Future Spread of Brown Tree Snake
A new way to prevent brown tree snakes from invading was unveiled yesterday by scientists working for the U.S. Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey and Ohio State University.
From Floods and Landslides to Ecosystems...USGS Scientists Gear Up for El Nino
From the West Coast to South Florida, the U.S. Geological Survey is gearing up as part of the scientific front line in studying and reducing the impact of El Nino.
William V. (Bill) Sliter, USGS Geologist (Obituary)
Bill Sliter, a research geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, died of a heart attack at his USGS office in Menlo Park, Friday afternoon, Oct. 31, 1997. Sliter, 62, was a resident of Palo Alto, and is survived by his wife, Trish Sliter, also an employee of the USGS.
USGS To Coordinate On-Line Scientific Database for Tahoe Basin
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) today joined forces with other federal and state agencies to announce specific efforts to implement recommendations of this summer’s Lake Tahoe Presidential Forum, including creation of an Internet-based clearinghouse of scientific information for the Lake Tahoe area.
Peru Earthquake - Tues., Oct. 28, 1997
A preliminary magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in northern Peru on Tues., Oct. 28, 1997, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Earthquake Shakes Up More Than Alabama
"This morning’s earthquake in southern Alabama was a wake-up call in more ways than one," said Dr. Mark Schaefer, Acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey. "It serves to remind all of us that earthquakes are not restricted to California, Washington, and Alaska. The East is earthquake country, too."
Models Show Regional-Scale Impacts of Climate Change
How can climate change modify the appearance of society and the environment?
Ancient, Tiny Fossils Contribute to Retrofit of San Francisco-Oakland Bridge
The presence of 125,000-year-old microfossils in the muds of San Francisco Bay may help engineers decide where and how to rebuild the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, according to a U.S. Geological Survey(USGS)scientist in Menlo Park, Calif.
USGS Launches New Electronic Clearinghouse For Biological Data
Dr. Dennis B. Fenn, Chief Biologist, today announced that the U.S. Geological Survey’s Biological Resources Divisionhas initiated a new Internet-based clearinghouse that can be used to search for and locate existing sources of biological data and information from a variety of sources.
Comet Struck Southern Nevada 370 Million Years Ago
An extraterrestrial object, theorized to be a comet at least one kilometer in diameter, impacted what is now southern Nevada about 370 million years ago.
USGS Scientists to "Dish The Dirt" on Mars; Describe Ancient Impact Crater in Nevada; and Simulate The "Greenhouse Effect" at Salt Lake City Meeting
What the rover really saw on Mars, the effects of an asteroid impact in southern Nevada 370 million years ago, and how climate change will affect society and the environment are a sample of the earth-science topics that will be presented by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey during a national science meeting in Salt Lake City next week.
The USGS presents: The Latest "Dirt" On Mars
What the Mars rover "said" when she spun her wheels; what Iceland has in common with the Red Planet; and what "bugs" in rocks can tell us about ancient Mars are the topics of three presentations by U.S. Geological Surveyscientists at next week’s annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. This year’s meeting will be held October 19-23, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake Cit