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USGS deploying more gauges for Florence, preparing to measure flooding

USGS deploying more gauges for Florence, preparing to measure flooding

To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to decision makers before, during and after #Florence, visit the #USGS Hurricane Florence page at htt...

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USGS Scientists Prepare for Storms in Three Seas

USGS Scientists Prepare for Storms in Three Seas

Field work completed for powerful Hurricane Florence, while experts watch Isaac and Olivia

Editor's note: This story was originally published on...

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Summer 2018 Newsletter

Summer 2018 Newsletter

The Summer 2018 edition of the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center Newsletter highlights science and selected OKI WSC staff. Science highlights...

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USGS scientists travel to Seven Mile Island in New Jersey to conduct nearshore geophysical survey

USGS scientists travel to Seven Mile Island in New Jersey to conduct nearshore geophysical survey

USGS SPCMSC personnel Jennifer Miselis (Research Geologist), Julie Bernier (Geologist), Nancy DeWitt (Geologist), Andy Farmer (CNT), Jake Fredericks...

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USGS and Army Corps of Engineers conduct simultaneous measurements at Sandy Neck beach, Cape Cod, MA

USGS and Army Corps of Engineers conduct simultaneous measurements at Sandy Neck beach, Cape Cod, MA

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping (AIM) group conducted drone flights from atop a dune at Sandy Neck (Cape Cod)...

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USGS scientists successfully acquire repeat geophysical data at Fire Island National Seashore

USGS scientists successfully acquire repeat geophysical data at Fire Island National Seashore

The objective of the field effort was to remeasure seafloor elevations and sub-seafloor geology in areas that were surveyed in 2014 in order to...

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Ospreys Benefit as Contaminants Decrease in Delaware Estuary

Ospreys Benefit as Contaminants Decrease in Delaware Estuary

Lower levels of environmental contaminants—including pesticides, flame retardants and other pollutants—were recently found in osprey eggs in the...

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Leave No Trace this Summer as You Explore the Outdoors

Leave No Trace this Summer as You Explore the Outdoors

With summer officially here, it’s a great time to explore the outdoors! As people go hiking, camping, wildlife viewing and engage in other recreation...

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Long Island Groundwater Sustainability Study Progress Report

Long Island Groundwater Sustainability Study Progress Report

Long Island Groundwater Sustainability Study Progress Report

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Protect Our Aquifer Day, May 2018 - Long Island, New York

Protect Our Aquifer Day, May 2018 - Long Island, New York

Protect Our Aquifer Day, May 2018 

 

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USGS Fish Passage Research Helps Fish Get to Spawning Grounds

USGS Fish Passage Research Helps Fish Get to Spawning Grounds

The Blackstone River in Rhode Island is where one of the Nation’s first fish passages was built back in 1714 to help fish navigate past manmade...

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Interior Releases 2018’s Final List of 35 Minerals Deemed Critical to U.S. National Security and the Economy

Interior Releases 2018’s Final List of 35 Minerals Deemed Critical to U.S. National Security and the Economy

The Department of the Interior today published a list of 35 mineral commodities considered critical to the economic and national security of the...

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