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Tracking Pacific Walrus: Expedition to the Shrinking Chukchi Sea IceShifting Sands: Sandy’s Lessons in Coastal GeologyScience Assists Glen Canyon Dam ManagementRemote-Controlled Aircraft Work Hard for ScienceUSGS Continues Response to Hurricane Sandy
Tracking Pacific Walrus: Expedition to the Shrinking Chukchi Sea Ice
Watch USGS scientists in the Arctic track Pacific walruses to examine how these animals are faring in a world with less sea ice. Read more
Shifting Sands: Sandy’s Lessons in Coastal Geology
Learn about USGS science on the processes that cause coastal change. Read more
Science Assists Glen Canyon Dam Management
Years of USGS research come to fruition next week as Colorado River water is released from Lake Powell under a new science-based adaptive management protocol. Read more
Remote-Controlled Aircraft Work Hard for Science
Surveying remote federal lands, monitoring wildlife and gathering data on potential hazards is safer and less costly with USGS’ unmanned aircraft systems. Read more
USGS Continues Response to Hurricane Sandy
USGS crews are out surveying the damage, recovering the sensors deployed before the storm, and collecting data that will be crucial to recovery efforts.
  • Understanding Climate-Wildlife Relationships: Free USGS Public Lecture November 15

    Understanding Climate-Wildlife Relationships: Free USGS Public Lecture November 15

    Tue, 13 Nov 2012

    7 p.m.—Public lecture (also live-streamed over the Internet)

  • USGS Storm Surge Sensors

    USGS Storm Surge Sensors

    Sun, 28 Oct 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.

  • Exploring Mars with Curiosity: Free USGS Public Lecture October 25

    Exploring Mars with Curiosity: Free USGS Public Lecture October 25

    Thu, 25 Oct 2012

    7 p.m.—Public lecture (also live-streamed over the Internet)

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