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Rain and snow falling in Indiana contains less mercury than it did in years past. Yet some of the state's major waterways have mercury levels that could be harmful to humans and wildlife...Mixed News on Mercury in Indiana's Water
(Released: 1/5/2009 12:39:55 PM)

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Los Angeles - It's working! On November 13, 2008 more than 5.47 million people in southern California participated in The Great Southern California ShakeOut, now officially the largest earthquake drill in the Nation's history - and according to some community leaders, a success that should be practiced every year...Results Are In: Great Southern California ShakeOut Successful, Sets U.S. Record!
(Released: 12/19/2008 3:02:12 PM)

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Deputy Director Doyle Recognized as Distinguished Executive;Scientists Betancourt, Goldhaber Win Meritorious Laurels...Presidential Rank Awards -- Top Federal Honor -- Given to Two USGS Scientists and Deputy Director
(Released: 12/18/2008 12:58:13 PM)

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Reheis, Marith (2008), Open-File Report 2008-1361.

Since late 1993, the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver (Metro District), a large wastewater treatment plant in Denver, Colorado, has applied Grade I, Class B biosolids to about 52,000 acres of nonirrigated farmland and rangeland near Deer Trail, Colorado (U.S.A.). In cooperation with the Metro District...Description and Analytical results for deposited dust samples from a two-year monitoring program near Deer Trail, Colorado (USA), 2006-2007
(Released: 2009-01-03)

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Alpers, Charles N.; Stewart, A. Robin; Saiki, Michael K.; Marvin-DiPasquale, Mark C.; Topping, Brent R.; Rider, Kelly M.; Gallanthine, Steven K.; Kester, Cynthia A.; Rye, Robert O.; Antweiler, Ronald C.; De Wild, John F. (2008), Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5008.

This report documents water quality in Camp Far West Reservoir from October 2001 through August...Environmental Factors Affecting Mercury in Camp Far West Reservoir, California, 2001-03
(Released: 2009-01-03)

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Johnson, Raymond H.; Otton, James K.; Horton, Robert J.; Gallegos, Tanya J.; Choate, LaDonna M.; Sullivan, Jonah E. (2008), Open-File Report 2008-1374.

This report releases data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from the Tuba City Open Dump area from January 2008 to September 2008 with cooperation from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Navajo and Hopi ...Geochemical Data from Analyses of Rock, Sediment, Water, and Solid-Phase Leaching at the Tuba City Open Dump, Tuba City, Arizona
(Released: 2009-01-03)

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Hazard Roundup—November 2008 Quick look:
In this episode: California wildfires, the Great Souther California ShakeOut earthquake preparedness drill, landslide potential, and a magnitude 7.5 off the coast of Indonesia that prompts fears of a tsunami.
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(Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:31:19 UTC; Length: 4:31)

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Water, oil, and gas wells (shown as green lines) are drilled to hundreds or thousands of feet below land surface in an area known as the Mississippi embayment. Information gathered from these wells was used to create a 3D computer model of underground formations. Many of these formations (shown a...

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Near the beginning of the main park road through Everglades National Park, sunbeams shine through heavy clouds onto the freshwater marl prairie....

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