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Get Ready to ShakeOut on October 18
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Tsunami Sets Back Work to Save Hawai’ian Teal
Critically endangered birds whose numbers grew rapidly after successful translocations by USGS and USFWS biologists likely took a hit from the 2011 event. Read more
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Two of the 15 Earthscapes commemorative stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service are based on Landsat images from space. Read more
Drying Up: The Bleak Future for Southwest Forests
Trees Face Rising Drought Stress and Mortality as Climate Warms. Read more
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. Read more
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    USGS and Wildlife Research – Looking Forward

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    A History of Rubble and Rumblings: Earthquakes in the Eastern U.S.

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    Population growth and changes in land use have the potential to affect water quality and quantity in the upper Gunnison River Basin. In 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, City of Gunnison, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Crested Butte South Metropolitan District, Gunnison County, Hinsdale County, Mount Crested Butte Water and San
    Comparison of 2008-2009 water years and historical water-quality data, upper Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

    (Released: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00 -0500)

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    Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are hydrophobic in nature and thus tend to accumulate in sediments if released into aquatic environments. As part of our overall effort to examine the toxicity of carbon-based nanomaterials to sediment-dwelling invertebrates, we have evaluated the toxicity of different types of CNTs in 14-d water-only exposures to an amphipod (Hyalella azteca), a midge (Chironomus
    Toxicity of carbon nanotubes to freshwater aquatic invertebrates

    (Released: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00 -0500)

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    Areal cover and occupancy of woody riparian species near 456 streamgages in the western United States were obtained from site visits during the growing seasons of 1996-2002. We made concomitant estimates of grazing intensity, channel stabilization and incision, gradient, sediment particle size, and nearby planting of Russian olive. The purpose of this publication is to describe the data set and ma
    Woody riparian vegetation near selected streamgages in the western United States

    (Released: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00 -0500)

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