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Exploding Lakes in West Africa
Exploding lakes in Cameroon, Africa, have killed people and livestock. Find out how USGS science is helping prevent such an event from occurring again.
The Big Squeeze: Pythons and Mammals in Everglades National Park
Mid-sized mammals in Everglades National Park are getting a big squeeze from invasive Burmese pythons, according to a USGS co-authored study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Kristina Yamamoto: A Modern Geographer
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The USGS Monitors Earths Magnetic Field to Prepare Citizens for Magnetic Storms
Everyone is familiar with weather systems on earth like rain, wind and snow. But space weather variable conditions in the space surrounding Earth has important consequences for our lives inside Earths atmosphere.
100 Years of Volcano Monitoring in the United States
Modern volcano monitoring in the United States began with the founding of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in 1912. Living with volcanoes
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    Say Hello to CalVO: USGS California Volcano Observatory Opens

    Thu, 09 Feb 2012

    The Volcano Hazards Program announces the establishment of the USGS California Volcano Observatory (CalVO), which expands and replaces the former Long Valley Observatory.

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    A Look Back at the USGSs 2011 Highlights

    Wed, 01 Feb 2012

    The U.S. Geological Survey had a very busy 2011 below are a few of our highlights from last year.

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    Gas Hydrates and Climate Warming

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    Despite news articles warning of large-scale releases of methane due to climate change, recent research indicates that most of the worlds gas hydrate deposits should remain stable for the next few thousand years.

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    Tomorrow, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Geological Survey Director Dr. Marcia McNutt will host the Department’s inaugural Google + Hangout with an 8th grade science class from Miles @ Cranwood School in Cleveland, Ohio...    Salazar to Wrap-Up Skills & Innovation Week with Google + Hangout with 8th Grade Science Class
    (Released: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:14:22 EDT)

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    Against the stunning backdrop of the Kaibab Plateau and Vermilion Cliffs, a pioneering partnership has been forged to bolster the science guiding resource management and public lands stewardship along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon...    Historic Partnership Advancing Science on the Grand Canyon's North Rim
    (Released: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EDT)

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    The value of mineral production in the United States increased by 12 percent in 2011 from that of 2010, suggesting that the nonfuel minerals industries, particularly metals, continued to recover from the economic recession that began in December 2007 and lasted well into 2009...    U.S. Mineral Values Up in 2011
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    What are the most important factors affecting dissolved radium concentrations in principal aquifers used for drinking water in the United States? Study results reveal where radium was detected and how rock type and chemical processes control radium occurrence. Knowledge of the geochemical conditions may help water-resource mana    Principal aquifers can contribute radium to sources of drinking water under certain geochemical conditions
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    Jenkins, Kurt; Happe, Patricia; Griffin, Paul; Beirne, Katherine; Hoffman, Roger; Baccus, William

    We conducted an aerial helicopter survey between July 18 and July 25, 2011, to estimate abundance and trends of introduced mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) in the Olympic Mountains. The survey was the first since we developed a sightability correction model in 2008, which provided the     Mountain goat abundance and population trends in the Olympic Mountains, Washington, 2011
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    Water, bed sediment, and biota were sampled in streams from Butte to near Missoula, Montana, as part of a monitoring program in the upper Clark Fork basin. The sampling program was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to characterize aquatic resources in the Clark F    Water-quality, bed-sediment, and biological data (October 2009 through September 2010) and statistical summaries of data for streams in the Clark Fork basin, Montana
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