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Bears avoid residential neighborhoods in response to the experimental reduction of anthropogenic attractants Bears avoid residential neighborhoods in response to the experimental reduction of anthropogenic attractants
Introduction: Urbanization is an extreme form of land use alteration, with human development driving changes in the distribution of resources available to wildlife. Some large carnivores have learned to exploit anthropogenic food resources in urban development, resulting in human-carnivore conflict that can have detrimental impacts to people and carnivores, as exemplified by American...
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Cassandre Venumière-Lefebvre, Heather Johnson, Stewart Breck, Mathew Alldredge, Kevin Crooks
Apicomplexan and non-metazoan microeukaryotes in the thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme coral bleaching event Apicomplexan and non-metazoan microeukaryotes in the thermosensitive reef-building coral Acropora hyacinthus shift in abundance throughout an extreme coral bleaching event
Coral reefs play vital roles in global marine systems and are currently facing increased threats of bleaching. Coral bleaching is heavily influenced by the host-associated microeukaryote community – most notably the dinoflagellate family Symbiodiniaceae. The apicomplexan family Corallicolidae, is the second most abundant member of the microeukaryote community, yet their role in coral...
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Athena Peterson, Sunni Patton, Emily Schmeltzer, Carsten Grupstra, Lauren Howe-Kerr, J. Klinges, Rebecca Maher, Adrianna Messyasz, Sarah Seabrook, Andrew Thurber, Adrienne Correa, Rebecca Vega Thurber
Accounting for seasonal patterns in bird availability prevents biased population trend estimates with advancing spring phenology Accounting for seasonal patterns in bird availability prevents biased population trend estimates with advancing spring phenology
Advancing spring phenology has been observed around the world, including changes in the timing of breeding of birds. When singing rates are tied to breeding stage, the rate at which birds are available for detection by surveyors can also show seasonal patterns that may shift with spring phenology. As the timing of peak bird availability changes over years, monitoring programs that do not...
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Emily Weiser, James Johnson, Steven Matsuoka, Colleen Handel
Water withdrawal and consumption trends for thermoelectric-power plants in the conterminous United States, 2008-2020 Water withdrawal and consumption trends for thermoelectric-power plants in the conterminous United States, 2008-2020
Freshwater-using utility-scale thermoelectric (TE) plant water-use estimates were evaluated for annual trends from 2008 to 2020 across the conterminous United States (CONUS) and within hydrologic regions. Overall, TE water withdrawal and consumption trends declined across CONUS by 14,335 and 278 million liters/day, respectively. Decreasing water withdrawal and consumption trends for TE...
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Kenneth Skinner, Richard Niswonger, Melissa Harris, Brendan McCarthy, Catherine Chamberlin, Melissa Lombard, Timothy Diehl, Amy Galanter, Lillian Gorman Sanisaca, Jana Stewart
Microbial source tracking in Cedar and Crane Creeks near Curtice, Ohio, 2021 Microbial source tracking in Cedar and Crane Creeks near Curtice, Ohio, 2021
Elevated concentrations of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria and signs of sewage lead to impairment of Cedar and Crane Creeks near the town of Curtice, Ohio. In 2021, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, collected samples and analyzed them for concentrations of E. coli and microbial source tracking (MST) markers to help characterize the...
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Christopher Kephart, Lauren Lynch
Methods for estimating selected low-flow statistics at gaged and ungaged stream sites in Massachusetts Methods for estimating selected low-flow statistics at gaged and ungaged stream sites in Massachusetts
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Office of Water Resources, computed selected at-site streamflow statistics at U.S. Geological Survey streamgages in and near Massachusetts and developed regional regression equations for estimating selected streamflows at ungaged stream sites in Massachusetts. Two sets of regional
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Gardner C. Bent, Elizabeth Ahearn, Jennifer Fair
Three-dimensional seismic velocity model for the Cascadia Subduction Zone with shallow soils and topography, version 1.7 Three-dimensional seismic velocity model for the Cascadia Subduction Zone with shallow soils and topography, version 1.7
The U.S. Geological Survey’s seismic velocity model for the Cascadia Subduction Zone provides P- and S-wave velocity (VP and VS, respectively) information from 40.2° to 50.0° N. latitude and −129.0° to −121.0° W. longitude, and is used to support a variety of research topics, including three-dimensional (3D) earthquake simulations and seismic hazard assessment in the Pacific Northwest...
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Erin Wirth, Alex Grant, Ian Stone, William Stephenson, Arthur Frankel
Earthquake probabilities and hazards in the U.S. Pacific Northwest Earthquake probabilities and hazards in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
Earthquakes and their cascading consequences pose a significant threat to the people, environment, infrastructure, and economy of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is susceptible to three types of earthquakes: deep (intraslab) earthquakes, subduction zone (megathrust) earthquakes, and shallow crustal earthquakes. For each of these earthquake types, earth scientists can...
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Erin Wirth, Arthur Frankel, Brian Sherrod, Alex Grant, Audrey Dunham, Ian Stone, Julia Grossman
Spatially resolved source apportionment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within a post-industrial river catchment Spatially resolved source apportionment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within a post-industrial river catchment
Source apportionment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in rivers is typically based on water concentrations, which cannot quantify PFAS loads or define geographical source areas. This study applied a river catchment-scale approach to identify PFAS source zones and assess the relative importance of industrial PFAS sources in the River Mersey, UK – a post-industrial, densely...
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Patrick Byrne, William Mayes, Alun James, Sean Comber, Emma Biles, Alex Riley, Philip Verplanck, Lee Bradley
PFAS sampling activities in the U.S. Geological Survey national networks PFAS sampling activities in the U.S. Geological Survey national networks
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), frequently called “forever chemicals,” are used for a wide variety of industrial purposes and are often found in common household and industrial items such as firefighting foams, non-stick cookware, and water-resistant materials. The contamination of water, air, and soil by PFAS is a national and global issue due to their widespread occurrence...
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Melissa Riskin, Bruce Lindsey, Ryan McCammon
Sundial: A method for inferring image acquisition time from shadow orientation Sundial: A method for inferring image acquisition time from shadow orientation
Aerial photography and satellite imagery can be used to characterize landscape change over time and help to understand how these changes are related to climate and hydrology. Publicly available optical imagery from sources such as the United States National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) is particularly valuable in this context due to its high temporal and spatial resolution...
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Inhyeok Bae, Carl Legleiter, Elowyn Yager
Scenario projections of COVID-19 burden in the US, 2024-2025 Scenario projections of COVID-19 burden in the US, 2024-2025
Importance COVID-19 remains a disease with high burden in the US, prompting continued debate about optimal targets for annual vaccination. Objective To project COVID-19 burden in the US for April 2024 to April 2025 under 6 scenarios of immune escape (20% and 50% per year) and levels of vaccine recommendation (no recommendation, vaccination for individuals at high risk only, vaccination...
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Sara Loo, Sung-mok Jung, Lucie Contamin, Emily Howerton, Samantha Bents, Harry Hochheiser, Michael Runge, Claire Smith, Erica Carcelén, Katie Yan, Joseph Lemaitre, Emily Przykucki, Clif McKee, Koji Sato, Allison Hill, Matteo Chinazzi, Jessica Davis, Clara Bay, Alessandro Vespignani, Shi Chen, Rajib Paul, Daniel Janies, Jean-Claude Thill, Sean Moore, T. Perkins, Ajitesh Srivastava, Majd Aawar, Kaiming Bi, Shraddha Bandekar, Anass Bouchnita, Spencer Fox, Lauren Meyers, Przemyslaw Porebski, Srinivasan Venkatramanan, Bryan Lewis, Jiangzhuo Chen, Madhav Marathe, Michal Ben-Nun, James Turtle, Pete Riley, Katriona Shea, Cécile Viboud, Justin Lessler, Shaun Truelove