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Notable activities of our Science Centers are highlighted in newsletters, articles, and publications produced by USGS Science Center staff members in the Northeast Region. Left click on news item titles or "Read Article" links to view the original news items.

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Drilling on Long Island Started Today!

Drilling on Long Island Started Today!

Exploratory well drilling on Long Island has begun, and is planned to continue through the summer. The drilling will better define the aquifer system...

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New Technique Quickly Predicts Salt Marsh Vulnerability

New Technique Quickly Predicts Salt Marsh Vulnerability

If coastal salt marshes are like savings accounts, with sediment as the principal, all eight Atlantic and Pacific coast salt marshes studied are "in...

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How the Bees You Know are Killing the Bees You Don’t

How the Bees You Know are Killing the Bees You Don’t

Patuxent Scientist Sam Droege interviewed for "Inside Science" about how commercially managed bumblebees and honey bees may be contributing to wild...

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Groundwater Quality in Eastern U.S.

Groundwater Quality in Eastern U.S.

A regional assessment of untreated groundwater in the combined Valley and Ridge and Piedmont and Blue Ridge aquifers in the eastern United States is...

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Groundwater Quality in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System

Groundwater Quality in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifer System

A regional assessment of untreated groundwater in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system in the eastern United States is now available...

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Extensometer Drilling in Virginia

Extensometer Drilling in Virginia

Deep drilling in eastern Virginia will evaluate past effects of groundwater pumping, land subsidence, and relative sea-level rise. Future injection of...

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Turning the Tide on the Chesapeake Bay

Turning the Tide on the Chesapeake Bay

Richard Batiuk got to know the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1970s. During visits with his friends and family, they would swim and boat, and fish would...

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IN-KY Winter Newsletter 2016

IN-KY Winter Newsletter 2016

Welcome to the “Winter 2016” version of the IN-KY Newsletter. I use this format two to four times a year to highlight USGS activities and water...

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USGS Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory "Wild Hometown Science"

USGS Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory "Wild Hometown Science"

The local home page, "Wellsboro Home Page", did a nice write-up on NARL in Wellsboro, PA on November 18, 2016,  The famous "fish hatchery" is more...

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Study Assesses Threats to Groundwater Availability and Sustainability in Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain

Study Assesses Threats to Groundwater Availability and Sustainability in Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain

The U.S. Geological Survey began a multiyear regional assessment of groundwater availability in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain (NACP) aquifer...

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Location Matters: Sandy’s Tides Hit Some Parts of the New Jersey Coast Harder Than Others

Location Matters: Sandy’s Tides Hit Some Parts of the New Jersey Coast Harder Than Others

USGS researchers ground-truthed Hurricane Sandy's October 2012 storm tides in New Jersey and found northern coastal communities had significantly...

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USGS Study Reveals Interactive Effects of Climate Change, Invasive Species on Native Fish

USGS Study Reveals Interactive Effects of Climate Change, Invasive Species on Native Fish

A new USGS study shows non-native Brown Trout can place a burden on native Brook Trout under the increased water temperatures climate change can cause...

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