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State/Local Releases From Streets to Streams: Urban Sediment in Wisconsin can be Toxic
Madera County Groundwater Quality: Fumigants Found More Often at High Concentrations than in Other Areas of California
Technical Announcements Reminder - Abstracts for the 2013 TMN UC and CDI Workshop Due Soon
Software Offers Tool to Evaluate Wildlife Fatalities at Wind-Power Facilities
Employees in the News Remembering Asbury "Abby" Sallenger
USGS-University of Alaska Landscape Ecologist Named 2012 AAAS Fellow
Earthquake Catastrophes and Fatalities Projected to Rise in Populous 21st Century Released: 2/20/2013 1:00:00 PM "Predicted population increases in this century can be expected to translate into more people dying from earthquakes. There will be more individual earthquakes with very large death tolls as well as more people dying during earthquakes than ever before, according to a newly published study led by U.S. Geological Survey engineering geologist Thomas L. Holzer." New Maps Provide Crucial Information for Water Managers Released: 2/19/2013 12:00:00 PM For the first time, U.S. Geological Survey scientists have mapped long-term average evapotranspiration rates across the continental United States – a crucial tool for water managers and planners because of the huge role evapotranspiration plays in water availability. Released: 2/11/2013 3:00:00 PM Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle, United States Geological Survey (USGS) Director Dr. Marcia McNutt and other Interior and NASA officials to launch the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite into space. U.S. Nonfuel Mineral Production Increases for Third Straight Year Released: 2/7/2013 7:15:09 AM Nonfuel mineral production values increased in the United States for the third consecutive year, up $1.7 billion since 2011, the U.S. Geological Survey announced today in its Mineral Commodity Summaries 2013. World's Oldest-Known Wild Bird Hatches Another Chick Released: 2/4/2013 4:33:23 PM A Laysan albatross known as "Wisdom" – believed to be at least 62 years old – has hatched a chick on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge for the sixth consecutive year. Kansas and Oklahoma Lead Round 2 Released: 1/31/2013 9:51:47 AM Last September the U.S. Geological Survey marked the important milestone of completing the initial round of US Topo map production for the 48 contiguous states. USGS-NOAA: Climate Change Impacts to U.S. Coasts Threaten Public Health, Safety and Economy Released: 1/28/2013 1:00:00 PM According to a new technical report, the effects of climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of U.S. coastal communities' social, economic and natural systems.
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