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Celebrity Manatee Survived Florida's Harsh Freeze
Ilya, an adventurous manatee that wandered as far north as Cape Cod last summer, has recently been sighted at several locations around Miami’s Biscayne Bay, confirmed U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...
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Large Amounts of Nitrogen Stored Beneath Selected Agricultural Areas
Large amounts of nitrogen are stored in the soils of agricultural areas in Nebraska and Maryland, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Once in...
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Bios for the Birds: USGS-Raised Whooping Crane Chicks Leave the Nest
Editors: For high-resolution photos of the entire gang and each individual bird, please go to the pictures at the bottom of this release. For a pdf of this release with the whooping crane images and...
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68 Percent of New England and Mid-Atlantic Beaches Eroding
WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- An assessment of coastal change over the past 150 years has found 68 percent of beaches in the New England and Mid-Atlantic region are eroding, according to a U.S. Geological...
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New Research Suggests Wild Birds May Play a Role in the Spread of Bird Flu
Additional contact: John Takekawa, USGS, 707-562-3001, john_takekawa@usgs.gov LAUREL, Md. -- Wild migratory birds may indeed play a role in the spread of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic...
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Bats Worth Billions to Agriculture: Pest-control Services at Risk
Additional Media Contacts: Paul Cryan, USGS, 970-226-9389, cryanp@usgs.gov Gary McCracken, University of Tennessee, 865-974-3065, gmccrack@utk.edu Thomas Kunz, Boston University, 617-353-2474,...
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Lichens May Aid in Combating Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease in Wildlife
MADISON, Wis. – Certain lichens can break down the infectious proteins responsible for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a troubling neurological disease fatal to wild deer and elk and spreading...
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Red Knots and Horseshoe Crabs Knotted Together
LAUREL, Md. – Speculation that the welfare of a small, at-risk shorebird is directly tied to horseshoe crab populations is in part supported by new scientific research, according to a U.S. Geological...
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USGS Releases New Assessment of Gas Resources in the Marcellus Shale,...
The Marcellus Shale contains about 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas and 3.4 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas liquids...
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USGS Installs Sensors along Atlantic prior to Hurricane Irene's Arrival
Hurricane response crews from the USGS have installed storm-surge sensors at key locations along the North Carolina coast in advance of Hurricane Irene. And now, they are actively consulting with...
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USGS Responds to Hurricane Irene and Prepares for Aftermath
* Reporters: want to join a crew recovering storm-surge sensors, making flood flow measurements, or sampling water quality? Contact the above points of contact. Government scientists have blanketed...
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USGS In the Surge Sampling for Nutrients, Sediment, E. coli, and Pesticides
Follow USGS on twitter @USGS to learn where the crews will be each day.Media: If you would like to accompany a USGS crew during sampling, contact Kara Capelli at kcapelli@usgs.gov. As Hurricane Irene...
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River Levels Set Records in 10 States
Editors note: this news release will be updated online with more information on the streamgage records being set by state as it becomes available. Updated September 1: includes more information on...
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A Big Day for Science: Citizens Have Contributed One Million Observations to...
RESTON, Va. — Thanks to citizen-scientists around the country, the USA National Phenology Network hit a major milestone this week by reaching its one millionth nature observation. The millionth...
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Sea Level Rise Accelerating in U.S. Atlantic Coast
Rates of sea level rise are increasing three-to-four times faster along portions of the U.S. Atlantic Coast than globally, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report published in Nature Climate...
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American Eels Return to Mountain Streams After Dam Removal
Shenandoah National Park, Va. – American eels are declining across their range but are showing indications of a population revival following the removal of a large dam in Virginia. The removal of...
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Media Advisory: Anniversary of Magnitude 5.8 Central Virginia Earthquake
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- August 23, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the M5.8 earthquake that was centered in Louisa County, Virginia. To commemorate the event, Virginia, Maryland, and DC officials...
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Increased Sediment and Nutrients Delivered to Bay as Susquehanna Reservoirs...
This USGS report can be found online. Reservoirs near the mouth of the Susquehanna River just above Chesapeake Bay are nearly at capacity in their ability to trap sediment. As a result, large storms...
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USGS Releases First Assessment of Shale Gas Resources in the Utica Shale: 38...
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)...
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Sandy to Erode Many Atlantic Beaches
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.– Nearly three quarters of the coast along the Delmarva Peninsula is very likely to experience beach and dune erosion as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, while overwash is expected...
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