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A multidisciplinary approach that considers occurrence, geochemistry, bioavailability, and toxicity to prioritize critical minerals for environmental research A multidisciplinary approach that considers occurrence, geochemistry, bioavailability, and toxicity to prioritize critical minerals for environmental research

Critical minerals (or critical elements) are minerals or elements that are essential to global security and development and have supply chains vulnerable to disruption. In general, knowledge of the environmental behavior and health effects of critical elements is needed to support the development of safe and environmentally responsible supplies. This knowledge includes identifying...
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Sarah Jane White, Tyler Kane, Kate M. Campbell, Marie Noele Croteau, Michael G. Iacchetta, Johanna Blake, Charles A. Cravotta, Bethany K. Kunz, Charles N. Alpers, Jill Jenkins, Katherine Walton-Day
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Environmental Health Program, Mineral Resources Program, California Water Science Center, Colorado Water Science Center, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Co-mast: Harmonized seed production data for woody plants across US long-term research sites Co-mast: Harmonized seed production data for woody plants across US long-term research sites

Plants display a range of temporal patterns of inter-annual reproduction, from relatively constant seed production to “mast seeding,” the synchronized and highly variable interannual seed production of plants within a population. Previous efforts have compiled global records of seed production in long-lived plants to gain insight into seed production, forest and animal population...
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Katherine M. Nigro, Jessica H. Barton, Diana Macias, V. Bala Chaudhary, Ian S. Pearse, David M. Bell, Angel Chen, Natalie L. Cleavitt, Elizabeth E. Crone, David F. Greene, E. Penelope Holland, Jill F. Johnstone, Walter D. Koenig, Nicholas J. Lyon, Tom E. Miller, Mark Schulze, Rebecca S. Snell, Jess K. Zimmerman, Johannes M.H. Knops, Stacy McNulty, Robert R. Parmenter, Mark Winterstein, Roman I. Zlotin, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Miranda D. Redmond
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Fort Collins Science Center

Late Amazonian ice near Athabasca Valles, Mars: Recent megaflood or climate change? Late Amazonian ice near Athabasca Valles, Mars: Recent megaflood or climate change?

The Athabasca Valles outflow channel system is among the youngest such channels on Mars, with the Athabasca Valles flood lava (AVFL) covering the channel floor and reaching far beyond. Volcanic rootless cones on the AVFL indicate the presence of H2O in the shallow subsurface at the time of lava emplacement. However, Athabasca Valles are near the equator, where ice would rapidly sublime...
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Colin M. Dundas, Laszlo P. Keszthelyi, Kaj E. Williams
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Astrogeology Science Center

Seasonal resource selection of a grassland bird in a dynamic landscape: Importance of a heterogeneous landscape Seasonal resource selection of a grassland bird in a dynamic landscape: Importance of a heterogeneous landscape

Habitat loss and fragmentation are a growing threat to wildlife, and a better understanding of these landscape processes is needed to mitigate their effects on species populations. Grassland biomes are among the most imperiled ecosystems in the world, and grassland birds are experiencing significant population declines in North America. Understanding how species respond to differences in...
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Sprih Harsh, Robert Charles Lonsinger, Hilary R. Kauth, Andrew J. Gregory
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Cooperative Research Units

U.S. Geological Survey science strategy to address chronic wasting disease and cervid health in 2024–2028 U.S. Geological Survey science strategy to address chronic wasting disease and cervid health in 2024–2028

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a neurological disease similar to scrapie in goats and sheep, has been spreading since the 1960s throughout cervid populations in the United States. It is currently detected in 30 States and now also extends to Canada, Korea, and Scandinavia. CWD is a fatal disease caused by an infectious abnormally folded prion protein. Population-level effects of CWD on...
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Jason Ferrante, Jonathan D. Cook, Paul C. Cross, M. Camille Hopkins
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Ecosystems Mission Area

Evidence of nitrate attenuation in intertidal and subtidal groundwater in a subterranean estuary at a Cape Cod embayment, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2015–16 Evidence of nitrate attenuation in intertidal and subtidal groundwater in a subterranean estuary at a Cape Cod embayment, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2015–16

Nitrogen dynamics in intertidal and nearshore subtidal groundwater (subterranean estuary) adjacent to the Seacoast Shores peninsula, Falmouth, Massachusetts, were investigated during 2015–16 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The peninsula is a densely populated residential area with septic systems and cesspools that are substantial sources of nitrogen to groundwater. The study area is in...
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Thomas G. Huntington, Kevin D. Kroeger, Timothy D. McCobb, J.K. Bohlke, John A. Colman, Thomas W. Brooks, Beata Syzmczycha
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Water Resources Mission Area, New England Water Science Center
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