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U.S.-Canada Arctic Ocean Survey Partnership Saved Costs, Increased Data
Released: 12/15/2011 5:41:47 PM
A recent mission marked the completion of a five-year collaboration between the United States and Canada to survey the Arctic Ocean.

Baron Named President-Elect of Ecological Society of America
Released: 12/15/2011 8:04:59 AM
U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Dr. Jill Baron has just been named President-Elect of the Ecological Society of America.

Scientific Literature Review Finds Opportunities for More Research on Solar Energy Development and Impacts to Wildlife
Released: 12/9/2011 1:00:00 PM
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – More peer-reviewed scientific studies of the effects on wildlife of large-scale solar energy developments and operations are needed to adequately assess their impact, especially in the desert Southwest, according to a scientific literature review conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and published in the journal BioScience.

Prestigious Honor Given to USGS Scientist for Work on Aquifer Contamination
Released: 12/7/2011 7:00:00 AM
Mary Jo Baedecker, USGS scientist emerita and former USGS Chief Scientist for Hydrology, has been named a 2011 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow for her pioneering research on aquifer contamination.

Interior Releases First-of-its-Kind Regional Study as Part of National Assessment of Carbon Storage in U.S. Ecosystems
Released: 12/5/2011 6:39:22 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of the Interior today released the first in a series of regional studies measuring the amount of carbon stored in U.S. ecosystems. Published by Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the study examines the current and projected future carbon storage in the Great Plains region, as part of a nation-wide assessment.

Interior to Release First Regional Study in National Assessment of Carbon Storage in U.S. Lands
Released: 12/5/2011 2:57:00 PM
WASHINGTON–The Department of the Interior will hold a press conference on Monday, December 5, at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in California to unveil the first regional study in a national assessment of how much carbon may be stored in U.S. ecosystems.

USGS science at AGU
Released: 12/2/2011 11:00:00 AM
From nearly 900 abstracts by USGS presenters at this year’s American Geophysical Union conference, we’ve selected some of the newest, most exciting topics that USGS scientists will explore at AGU.

San Andreas Fault Mysteries Begin to Unravel
Released: 12/1/2011 10:04:24 AM
Differences in seismic activity along the San Andreas fault appear to be related to strength variations in the lower crust and upper mantle, as suggested by new findings in the Dec. 1 edition of Nature.

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Awards $6 million for Research Leading to West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System
Released: 11/29/2011 12:00:00 PM
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $6 million to three West Coast universities to create a prototype earthquake early warning system for the Pacific Coast of the United States.

Landsat 5 Mission in Jeopardy
Released: 11/18/2011 9:32:01 AM
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has stopped acquiring images from the 27-year-old Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite due to a rapidly degrading electronic component.

 

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