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Arctic Spatial Data Pilot Project Proposals Announced

Arctic Spatial Data Pilot Project Proposals Announced

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and sponsors, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), in collaboration with the...

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New Tool Aims to Help Balance Supply and Demand of Water Resources

New Tool Aims to Help Balance Supply and Demand of Water Resources

A new computer model allows water managers to better manage water distribution. 

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Understanding How Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Creates Mountains

Understanding How Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Creates Mountains

Mountains on Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon, are formed by a unique geologic mechanism not found elsewhere in the solar system, according to a new study...

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USGS Continues to Write History

USGS Continues to Write History

The fourth volume of the comprehensive history of the U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare...

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New Online Tool Tracks Water Quality in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams

New Online Tool Tracks Water Quality in the Nation’s Rivers and Streams

A new USGS online tool provides graphical summaries of nutrients and sediment levels in rivers and streams across the Nation.
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Asian Carp Eggs Remain in Suspension at Lower Velocities than Previously Thought

Asian Carp Eggs Remain in Suspension at Lower Velocities than Previously Thought

Laboratory experiments in flowing water using synthetic surrogate Silver Carp eggs demonstrate egg suspension at lower velocities than previously...
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Crude Oil Byproducts in Groundwater Plumes

Crude Oil Byproducts in Groundwater Plumes

A new study suggests that the degraded breakdown products of oil-spill contaminants in groundwater could be just as important to monitor as the...
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Technical Announcement: USGS Seeks National Ground-Water Monitoring Network Proposals 2016 Round II

Technical Announcement: USGS Seeks National Ground-Water Monitoring Network Proposals 2016 Round II

The U.S. Geological Survey will award up to $4 million in cooperative agreements to support participation in the National Ground-Water Monitoring...
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Special Review and Webinar Showcase Critical Minerals Research at USGS

Special Review and Webinar Showcase Critical Minerals Research at USGS

Scientists studying rare earth and critical elements now have a solid foundation for future research, as detailed in a special volume of the Society...

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USGS Bolsters Better References for Mass Spectrometers

USGS Bolsters Better References for Mass Spectrometers

USGS scientists Haiping Qi and Tyler Coplen were key contributors, among 24 contributing scientists, to a recently completed international project to...

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More Science at Your Fingertips

More Science at Your Fingertips

The USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC) recently completed and launched a new and improved interface, making USGS data more accessible and discoverable...

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USGS Assesses 39–54 Billion Metric Tons of Undiscovered Potash Resources in Central Asia

USGS Assesses 39–54 Billion Metric Tons of Undiscovered Potash Resources in Central Asia

The Central Asia Salt Basin of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan has the potential to contain between 39 and 54 billion metric tons...

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