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Do you want to know more about the recent Samoa and Sumatra earthquakes? What’s the latest climate change news? Did they really find water on the moon? And can male fish have female features? The answers are in this edition of Science Picks. Also, the nation’s earthquake monitoring system is getting a facelift, and Halloween is coming up, making it the perfect time to read up on bats...October Science Picks -- Hot News about Cool Science
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The flooding around Atlanta this week is one for the record books...Atlanta Flooding Sets New Records
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The Moon, long rendered dry and barren, has been shown by new research to hold water at all latitudes....Space Images Find Water on Moon
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Mulvihill, Christiane I.; Baldigo, Barry P.; Miller, Sarah J.; DeKoskie, Douglas; DuBois, Joel (2009), Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5144.

Equations that relate drainage area to bankfull discharge and channel characteristics (such as width, depth, and cross-sectional area) at gaged sites are needed to help define bankfull discharge and channel characteristic...Bankfull Discharge and Channel Characteristics of Streams in New York State
(Released: 2009-10-06)

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Tamulonis, Kathryn; Kappel, William; Shaw, Stephen (2009), Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5114.

Two landslides in the Tully Valley of central New York are moving slowly toward their respective streams (Rainbow Creek and Rattlesnake Gulf). Data on soil displacement (landslide movement), groundwater levels in both landslide areas, and precipitation on the Tully...Causes and Movement of Landslides at Rainbow Creek and Rattlesnake Gulf in the Tully Valley, Onondaga County, New York
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Zarriello, Phillip J.; Carlson, Carl S. (2009), Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5068.

A large 'nor'easter' storm on April 15-18, 2007, brought heavy rains to the southern New England region that, coupled with normal seasonal high flows and associated wet soil-moisture conditions, caused extensive flooding in many parts of Massachusetts and neighboring states. ...Characteristics of the April 2007 Flood at 10 Streamflow-Gaging Stations in Massachusetts
(Released: 2009-10-06)

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Two large earthquakes have hit the Pacific. Harley Benz, Scientist-in-Charge at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center, talks about the quakes' damage, their relationship to one another, and what USGS scientists are doing in the aftermath.
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(Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:51:05 UTC; Length: 4:54)

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Tributary to Snake Creek, near Whitesburg, Georgia, showing a washed out bridge. When bridges such as this one collapse during a flood, it is rarely the pressure of the rushing water against the bridge that causes the bridge to fail. Rather, the rushing water erodes the ground underneath and surroun...

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