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Alaska Park Science: USGS and National Park Service Partners in Research

Alaska Park Science: USGS and National Park Service Partners in Research

The latest issue of Alaska Park Science features articles on collaborative research between USGS and NPS scientists in park units across Alaska...

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DOI scientists engage with Southeast Alaska Indigenous Guardians to discuss local sea otter ecology and economics

DOI scientists engage with Southeast Alaska Indigenous Guardians to discuss local sea otter ecology and economics

Aaron Enriquez (USGS-FORT), Joe Eisaguirre (USGS-ASC), and Paul Schette (USFWS) presented at the Tlingit & Haida Seacoast Indigenous Guardian Network...

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AquaDePTH: Merging Aquatic Disease Surveillance Data into One Useful Tool

AquaDePTH: Merging Aquatic Disease Surveillance Data into One Useful Tool

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing the Aquatic Disease and Pathogen Repository (AquaDePTH)  to track, evaluate, and ultimately predict...

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USGS Measures Glacial Flooding in Juneau, Alaska

USGS Measures Glacial Flooding in Juneau, Alaska

U.S. Geological Survey scientists are monitoring flooding on the Mendenhall River as water releases from Suicide Basin’s glacier-dammed lake.

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Science Spotlight: USGS Monitoring of Glacial Outburst Flood in Juneau Alaska

Science Spotlight: USGS Monitoring of Glacial Outburst Flood in Juneau Alaska

The U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center is working in cooperation with the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), Alaska Department of...

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U.S. Geological Survey marks progress tracking nation's supply of critical minerals

U.S. Geological Survey marks progress tracking nation's supply of critical minerals

This week the White House released the first Quadrennial Supply Chain review, detailing supply chains critical for national and economic security. 

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USGS invests $3.6 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to map critical minerals across Alaska

USGS invests $3.6 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to map critical minerals across Alaska

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey has announced it will invest approximately $3.6 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding to collect...

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Revisiting the 1957 Aleutian Earthquake: New Insights into Tsunami Hazards for Hawaiʻi

Revisiting the 1957 Aleutian Earthquake: New Insights into Tsunami Hazards for Hawaiʻi

Despite being separated by more than 3,910 kilometers (2,430 miles) of open ocean in the North Pacific, Hawai’i and Alaska’s Aleutian Islands share...

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USGS makes $4.25 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds available for critical mineral mapping in Alaska

USGS makes $4.25 million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds available for critical mineral mapping in Alaska

RESTON, Va. – The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is now soliciting proposals for fiscal year 2024 cooperative agreements with the Alaska Division of...

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USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in North Chukchi Basin

USGS Releases Estimate of Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in North Chukchi Basin

RESTON, Virginia — The USGS estimates there are 1.8 billion barrels of oil and 119.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in undiscovered accumulations...

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Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds stoke wildland fire science investments

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds stoke wildland fire science investments

Scientists and experts at the U.S. Geological Survey now have access to historic natural resource investments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure...

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Celebrating Black History: Meet Ric Wilson, A Pioneer of Alaskan Geo-Mapping

Celebrating Black History: Meet Ric Wilson, A Pioneer of Alaskan Geo-Mapping

Growing up beneath the towering steel structures of Chicago, Ric Wilson was fascinated with how things worked.   

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