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Color photo of Logan Berner with the logo for the USGS EROS podcast "Eyes On Earth"

Eyes on Earth Episode 72 – Northward Shift of the Boreal Forest

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Historical and projected trends in landscape drivers affecting carbon dynamics in Alaska

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Representing the effects of alpine grassland vegetation cover on the simulation of soil thermal dynamics by ecosystem models applied to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

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Impacts to Ecosystems and Fisheries in Northwest Alaska from “Rusting Rivers”

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Trophic dynamics of shrinking Subarctic lakes: naturally eutrophic waters impart resilience to rising nutrient and major ion concentrations

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Brief communication: Recent estimates of glacier mass loss for western North America from laser altimetry

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Temperatures and interval geothermal-gradient determinations from wells in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska

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South Cascade Glacier

USGS Factsheet Highlights Importance of Cryospheric Research

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U.S. Geological Survey Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center science highlights for fiscal year 2023

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

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Elevation-Derived Hydrography READ Rules: Underground Conduit

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Circumpolar distribution and carbon storage of thermokarst landscapes

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Kinematic evolution of a large paraglacial landslide in the Barry Arm fjord of Alaska

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Building community-based monitoring partnerships between rural schools and wildlife refuges in Alaska

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Hillside fall colors on the North fork of the Agashashok River. The foreground shows dead shrubs from iron seep.

Iron seep on the North fork of the Agashashok River
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Area in northern Alaska where subsurface temperature and pressure conditions are conducive to the occurrence of gas hydrates

Gas Hydrates-Environment Interactions

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Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea-level and vegetation changes

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Earth Science Week, Continued: Antarctica from Above and Below
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Database and time series of nearshore waves along the Alaskan coast from the United States-Canada border to the Bering Sea

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Increasing Alaskan river discharge during the cold season is driven by recent warming

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Internship: Quantifying groundwater resources and biogeochemical ...

Internship: Quantifying groundwater resources and biogeochemical ...
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Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer Clifford I. Voss

Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer: Clifford I. Voss

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Greenhouse gas emissions from diverse Arctic Alaskan lakes are dominated by young carbon

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Classification of freshwater ice conditions on the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain using ground penetrating radar and TerraSAR-X satellite data

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Drainage network structure and hydrologic behavior of three lake-rich watersheds on the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

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Hydrogeomorphic processes of thermokarst lakes with grounded-ice and floating-ice regimes on the Arctic coastal plain, Alaska

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Resilience of Alaska’s boreal forest to climatic change

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The role of soil drainage class in carbon dioxide exchange and decomposition in boreal black spruce (Picea mariana) forest stands

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Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems

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Vegetation patterns and environmental gradients in coastal meadows on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

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