Drier conditions projected to result from climate change in the Southwest will likely reduce perennial vegetation cover and result in increased dust storm activity in the future, according to a new study by scientists with ...
Environment
Feb 25, 2011
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Water, the key to life, is also a key to understanding the way the natural world works. Water in the form of ice is especially instructive.
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2013
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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 Survey report released today.
Environment
Feb 23, 2011
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Alligators and the Everglades go hand-in-hand, and as water conditions change in the greater Everglades ecosystem, gators are one of the key species that could be affected.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2015
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Invasive mussels and less nutrients from tributaries have altered the Lake Michigan ecosystem, making it more conducive to the stocking of lake trout and steelhead than Chinook salmon, according to a recent U.S. Geological ...
Ecology
Aug 16, 2017
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Scientists have taken the temperature of a huge expanse of seafloor in the Arctic Ocean in new research by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada. The study, published in the Journal of Geophysical ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 9, 2019
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The oldest known U.S. wild bird – a coyly conservative 60 -- is a new mother.
Plants & Animals
Mar 8, 2011
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A map showing the many different pieces of Earth's crust that comprise the nation's geologic basement is now available from the U.S. Geological Survey. This is the first map to portray these pieces, from the most ancient ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2015
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Long-term declines in the overwintering Eastern population of North American monarch butterflies are significantly increasing their likelihood of becoming extinct over the next two decades, according to Scripps Institution ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2016
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New evidence shows there is no cross-breeding between endangered manatees in Puerto Rico and those in Florida, resulting in less genetic diversity in Puerto Rico's small manatee population and impacting its odds of survival.
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2012
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