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Fires, floods, and the future of water supplies in the southwestern U.S.

Fires, floods, and the future of water supplies in the southwestern U.S.

This article is part of the Spring 2016 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Managing marsh loss using sediment enhancement to preserve habitat for waterfowl

Managing marsh loss using sediment enhancement to preserve habitat for waterfowl

This article is part of the Spring 2016 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Effects of land use on wetland greenhouse gas fluxes and soil properties

Effects of land use on wetland greenhouse gas fluxes and soil properties

This article is part of the Spring 2016 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Landscape Effects of Oil and Gas Development

Landscape Effects of Oil and Gas Development

This article is part of the Spring 2016 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Happy Mother’s Day to Moms of All Species

Happy Mother’s Day to Moms of All Species

USGS wishes to honor all mothers, of all species. Many of our research findings have and are shedding light on the lives of non-human moms.  

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Nitrogen in Lakes Connected to Groundwater

Nitrogen in Lakes Connected to Groundwater

A recent scientific study shows new, important information about how groundwater cannot only contribute nutrients such as nitrogen to lakes, but can...

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Sand dune mobility at Grand Falls on the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States

Sand dune mobility at Grand Falls on the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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Climate models: applications to understand past climates and climate change

Climate models: applications to understand past climates and climate change

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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A 7,600-year record of climate and vegetation change from the northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada, USA

A 7,600-year record of climate and vegetation change from the northern Ruby Mountains, Nevada, USA

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Urbanization can switch floodplain wetland soils from a sink to a source of greenhouse gases

Urbanization can switch floodplain wetland soils from a sink to a source of greenhouse gases

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter. 

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Glacier-derived August runoff in northwest Montana

Glacier-derived August runoff in northwest Montana

This article is part of the Fall 2015 issue of the Earth Science Matters Newsletter.

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