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USGS Researchers Attend Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference

USGS Researchers Attend Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Conference

The Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) has been the leading multicultural and multidisciplinary...

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Graduate Students View Evidence of Carmel River Recovery after First Large Dam Removal in California

Graduate Students View Evidence of Carmel River Recovery after First Large Dam Removal in California

On October 14, 2017, geologist Amy East of the USGS and biologist Tommy Williams of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service led a field trip to the...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - November-December 2017

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - November-December 2017

Last month USGS scientists visited more than 13 coastal and offshore locations—plus one very much onshore location—studying hurricane damage, an...

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USGS Research Geologist Publishes New AGU Article Forecasting Barrier Island Response to Sea-Level Rise

USGS Research Geologist Publishes New AGU Article Forecasting Barrier Island Response to Sea-Level Rise

A new article combines geomorphological and pre- and post-Hurricane Sandy observations from coastal New Jersey with a morphodynamic model to forecast...

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SEABOSS Survey in Long Island Sound

SEABOSS Survey in Long Island Sound

Geological Sampling (videos, photos and sediment samples) in Long Island Sound on the newly stretched R/V Connecticut with scientist from USGS, UConn...

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Geophyiscal survey of Lake Powell, UT-AZ

Geophyiscal survey of Lake Powell, UT-AZ

Develop a new bathymetry map of Lake Powell, UT-AZ, and characterize shallow sediment deposition near the mouths of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers...

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USGS provides information about Alaska coastal change to Scientific American

USGS provides information about Alaska coastal change to Scientific American

USGS scientists at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center spoke by phone with Scientific American writer Andrea Thompson on November 15.

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First observation of gold particles in hot hydrothermal fluids

First observation of gold particles in hot hydrothermal fluids

For the first time, scientists have found gold particles in boiling fluids from a hydrothermal vent.

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Open House at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz

Open House at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 9, USGS scientists treated visitors to displays about their research at the Pacific Coastal and Marine...

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Physical processes dominate channel evolution in Olympic National Park rivers—A reply

Physical processes dominate channel evolution in Olympic National Park rivers—A reply

A team of federal scientists addressed comments from researchers who disagree with their conclusions that river channel evolution is driven primarily...

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USGS geologist chairs discussion of issues facing Department of Defense installations in the Pacific and Arctic

USGS geologist chairs discussion of issues facing Department of Defense installations in the Pacific and Arctic

At the request of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), USGS geologist Curt Storlazzi...

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Updated assessment of erosion rates on Alaska’s Arctic coast

Updated assessment of erosion rates on Alaska’s Arctic coast

The USGS updated its shoreline-change rates for Alaska’s north coast between the U.S.-Canadian Border and Icy Cape as part of the National Assessment...

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