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Program-funded Scientist's Work Highlighted as USGS Top Story

Program-funded Scientist's Work Highlighted as USGS Top Story

USGS scientist, Kristen Manies, recently had her research with methane sensing drones highlighted as a USGS top story. The work uses unmanned aircraft...

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California is ‘Browning’ More in the South During Droughts

California is ‘Browning’ More in the South During Droughts

Vegetation in the southern part of the state is being hit harder due to climate change, UCLA-led study finds.

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Land Change Science Seminar

Land Change Science Seminar

Changing Drought Extremes as a Growing Stressor of Eco-Hydro-Socio-Systems: Strategic Opportunities & Challenges for Multi-Disciplinary USGS Research

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USGS contributes to the Fourth National Climate Assessment

USGS contributes to the Fourth National Climate Assessment

USGS Research Hydrologist Glenn Hodgkins co-authored the Fourth National Climate Assessment’s Northeast chapter. USGS Research Geologist Erika Lentz...

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Eyes on the Coast—Video Cameras Help Forecast Coastal Change

Eyes on the Coast—Video Cameras Help Forecast Coastal Change

USGS scientists have installed video cameras pointed at beaches on the coasts of western Florida and central California. They’re analyzing the videos...

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Changing Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Tsunamis

Changing Vulnerability of Coastal Communities to Tsunamis

This article is part of the Fall 2017 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Testing the Resiliency of Created Tidal Wetlands

Testing the Resiliency of Created Tidal Wetlands

This article is part of the Fall 2017 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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A Holocene history of upwelling along the northern California coast

A Holocene history of upwelling along the northern California coast

This article is part of the Fall 2017 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Methane emissions and climate from Prairie Pothole Wetlands

Methane emissions and climate from Prairie Pothole Wetlands

This article is part of the Fall 2017 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Aeolian dust deposition to Rocky Mountain snowpacks

Aeolian dust deposition to Rocky Mountain snowpacks

This article is part of the Fall 2017 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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