Elwha: One Year Later An unprecedented river restoration is already yielding signs of life for ongoing study by USGS scientists and their state, federal and tribal partners.
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Tue, 28 Aug 2012
In response to Hurricane Isaac, USGS has deployed several hundred storm surge sensors to collect information about the effects of Isaac on the Gulf Coast.
Mon, 27 Aug 2012
Join us on September 5th in Reston, VA for a free public lecture on the 2011 Virginia earthquake!
Tue, 21 Aug 2012
7 p.m.—Public lecture (also live-streamed over the Internet)
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Quick look: The Utica Shale contains about 38 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas (at the mean estimate) according to the first assessment of this continuous (unconventional) natural gas accumulation by the U. S. Geological Survey... USGS Releases First Assessment of Shale Gas Resources in the Utica Shale: 38 trillion cubic feet(Released: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 17:24:04 EDT)
Quick look: The USGS is a major contributor and driver to GIS progress across the government and the private sector. USGS geospatial technologies, long term datasets, research, innovations, information, and publications, all made available at no cost to the public through the USGS Store, have enabled advancements of science techniques and methods.... USGS Inducted into the 2012 URISA GIS Hall of Fame(Released: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 13:18:57 EDT)
Quick look: LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Combine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern United States. That’s the word from a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Arizona, and other partner organizations.... Climate Change to Cripple Southwestern Forests(Released: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EDT)