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USGS Scientist Takes Post with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Monaco

USGS Scientist Takes Post with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Monaco

USGS research oceanographer Peter Swarzenski has taken a post as the head of the Radioecology Laboratory laboratory at the International Atomic Energy...

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"Atlantic Canyons" Interagency Study Team Receives Excellence in Partnering Award

"Atlantic Canyons" Interagency Study Team Receives Excellence in Partnering Award

The "Atlantic Canyons" interagency team which included members from NOAA, BOEM, and the USGS recently received the "Excellence in Partnering Award"...

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Sound Waves, Dec. 2015 - Jan. 2016

Sound Waves, Dec. 2015 - Jan. 2016

The stories in the Dec. 2015 - Jan. 2016 issue of Sound Waves:

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Recent Publications - December 2015-January 2016

Recent Publications - December 2015-January 2016

List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

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Investigating the Offshore Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System in Southeastern Alaska, and its Potential to Produce Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Submarine Landslides

Investigating the Offshore Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System in Southeastern Alaska, and its Potential to Produce Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Submarine Landslides

Like the San Andreas fault, the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault is right-lateral: to an observer on one side of the fault, the block on the other...

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Hurricane Sandy: Three Years Later

Hurricane Sandy: Three Years Later

Three years after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the Atlantic coast, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) continues to help Americans prepare for future extreme...

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Sandwich Beach Cam Established

Sandwich Beach Cam Established

Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center have installed a web cam overlooking Sandwich Town...

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Artificial-Gas-Seep Test Produces 3D Images of Bubble Plumes in the Ocean

Artificial-Gas-Seep Test Produces 3D Images of Bubble Plumes in the Ocean

In November 2015, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted an experiment using in-house...

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An Inside Look at Eroding Coastal Bluffs on Alaska’s North Slope

An Inside Look at Eroding Coastal Bluffs on Alaska’s North Slope

Warming air and sea temperatures in the Arctic are leading to longer periods of permafrost thaw and ice-free conditions during the summer months...

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USGS Educates K-12 Students, Public at Fifth Annual St. Petersburg Science Festival

USGS Educates K-12 Students, Public at Fifth Annual St. Petersburg Science Festival

More than 10,000 attendees visited the festival, held October 16–17, 2015, at Poynter Park, adjacent to the University of South Florida St. Petersburg...

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Sound Waves, October - November 2015

Sound Waves, October - November 2015

The stories in the October - November issue of Sound Waves:

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