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Song of the red rock arches

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Division Director Openings in the Directorate of Geosciences

Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants

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Can an ancient ocean shoreline set the stage for a tropical forest of today?

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Q&A: Robert Hazen on studying 'deep carbon'

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Study reveals America's most flood-vulnerable communities

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Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds

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World Oceans Day: How do snook survive cold spells in Everglades waters? By heading for the depths

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April Showers Bring... The Science of Spring

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When human illness increases in natural resource-dependent areas, the environment suffers

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Boom times for fish populations in Wisconsin lakes

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Westernmost, low-lying region of Louisiana coast on track to drown under sea level rise

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Last year's El Niño waves battered California shore to unprecedented degree

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Let It Snow! The Science of Winter

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Everglades mangroves' carbon storage capacity worth billions

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Q&A: What happens when a volcano beneath a glacier erupts?

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Flood forecasting gets major upgrade

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Building communities of research at tribal colleges

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Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace

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World Oceans Day: Deltas critical to food production, fisheries health, storm protection

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Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past

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On World Water Day, scientists peer into rivers to answer water availability questions

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Colorado high peaks losing glaciers as climate warms

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Scientists discover how blue and green clays kill bacteria

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Video: Triceratops gets a new cousin!

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How much did indigenous peoples alter the Amazon forest?

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Morticulture: Forests of the living dead

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Be a (citizen) scientist!

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When Nature Strikes: Science of Natural Hazards

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Expedition to the Aleutian Islands: Geoscientists head to remote Alaska volcanoes

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