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USGS Research Microbiologist presents science and participates in science communication at 2018 ASM Microbe Meeting

USGS Research Microbiologist presents science and participates in science communication at 2018 ASM Microbe Meeting

Christina Kellogg (SPCMSC Research Microbiologist) will present a poster titled "Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Community Associated with the...

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USGS Scientist participates in research cruise to Andros Island, Bahamas, to study historic coral-reef die-offs

USGS Scientist participates in research cruise to Andros Island, Bahamas, to study historic coral-reef die-offs

Dr. Lauren Toth (Research Oceanographer, SPMSC) will join researchers from Florida Atlantic University on a cruise on Florida Institute of...

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USGS Researchers attend 11th Biennial Science Workshop at Fire Island National Seashore

USGS Researchers attend 11th Biennial Science Workshop at Fire Island National Seashore

SPCMSC Research Geologist Jennifer Miselis and WHCMSC Research Geologist Erika Lentz will present USGS research at the 11th Biennial Science Workshop...

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Federal Interagency Microbiome Strategic Plan Released

Federal Interagency Microbiome Strategic Plan Released

As part of the White House’s National Microbiome Initiative, a Microbiome Interagency Working Group (MIWG) was formed in late 2016 with the charge of...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - March 2018

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - March 2018

USGS scientists visited more than 10 coastal and offshore locations studying California wildfire contaminated river sediments, the offshore part of...

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Regional Acidification Trends in Florida Shellfish Estuaries

Regional Acidification Trends in Florida Shellfish Estuaries

Florida provides a unique opportunity to evaluate changes in ocean acidification as related to geochemistry within estuaries at a regional scale...

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Polluted Groundwater Threatens Hawaiian Coral Reefs

Polluted Groundwater Threatens Hawaiian Coral Reefs

According to a study by USGS scientists, polluted, low-pH groundwater discharging onto a shallow coral reef off Kahekili Beach Park in west Maui...

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USGS Scientists Participate in Gulf of Mexico Habitat Monitoring and Mapping User Workshop and Mapping Summit

USGS Scientists Participate in Gulf of Mexico Habitat Monitoring and Mapping User Workshop and Mapping Summit

USGS Scientists will participate in the Gulf of Mexico Habitat Monitoring and Mapping User Workshop and Mapping Summit at the NOAA Disaster Response...

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New Coral Reef Study to Begin at Buck Island National Monument

New Coral Reef Study to Begin at Buck Island National Monument

Research Marine Biologist Ilsa Kuffner, Research Oceanographer Lauren Toth, and Oceanographer Anastasios Stathakopoulos, will travel to Buck Island...

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USGS Researcher Invited to Brief Representative Ben Diamond

USGS Researcher Invited to Brief Representative Ben Diamond

Cheryl Hapke will meet with Florida State Representative Ben Diamond on Friday, March 30, in his District office in St. Petersburg to brief him on the...

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CMGP Lidar Coordinator selected to serve as USGS Federal Point of Contact/Coordinator for 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study

CMGP Lidar Coordinator selected to serve as USGS Federal Point of Contact/Coordinator for 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study

Xan Fredericks, Lidar Coordinator for the Coastal and Marine Geology Program and Chair of the USGS Lidar Points of Contact Working Group, was selected...

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