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Ensuring Public Safety and Preparing for Hazards

Ensuring Public Safety and Preparing for Hazards

The Land Change Science Program in the Ecosystems Mission Area develops pragmatic strategies and tools to safeguard communities, people, economically...

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USGS Factsheet Highlights Importance of Cryospheric Research

USGS Factsheet Highlights Importance of Cryospheric Research

A recently published USGS factsheet highlights USGS cryospheric science, including glacier, snow, and avalanche research that NOROCK conducts

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Science for Changing Ecosystems

Science for Changing Ecosystems

We are living in a time of unprecedented ecological change. USGS science can predict and help communities and ecosystems prepare for ecological...

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Site visit for Tampa Bay hard clam growth study

Site visit for Tampa Bay hard clam growth study

Scientists from USGS SPCMSC, University of South Florida (Tampa), and the Gulf Shellfish Institute are collaborating to improve understanding of hard...

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2024 Year in Review

2024 Year in Review

2024 was another productive year for the Land Change Science Program in the USGS Ecosystems Mission Area! Below are some summaries and highlights of...

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Introducing the Earth in Flux Chart Gallery

Introducing the Earth in Flux Chart Gallery

A shared initiative between the USGS Water Resources Mission Area and Ecosystems Mission Area to communicate key findings of USGS land change science...

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Sixty-seven years and still digging! A brief history of the USGS Benchmark Glacier Project

Sixty-seven years and still digging! A brief history of the USGS Benchmark Glacier Project

Title:  Sixty-seven years and still digging! A brief history of the USGS Benchmark Glacier Project to kick off the International Year of Glaciers’...

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Explore forty-two years of field notes from the Loch Vale watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park

Explore forty-two years of field notes from the Loch Vale watershed, Rocky Mountain National Park

USGS recently released 42 years (1981-2023) of scanned field notebooks from long-term research and monitoring in the Loch Vale Watershed, Rocky...

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If you can’t measure it, you can't manage it!

If you can’t measure it, you can't manage it!

High-quality field data on wetlands are essential for managing these important environments, but wetlands are inherently difficult to study. USGS...

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Don’t eat that cookie! We need it for science.

Don’t eat that cookie! We need it for science.

How scientists use “tree cookies” and “root cookies” to study ecosystems

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