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Geological Data Preservation Program Receives Bipartisan Support

by Randy Showstack 30 September 20145 May 2022

Experts called for Congress to reauthorize the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act. They said the data are key for natural resource development and management.

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Ted Irving (1927–2014)

by N. D. Opdyke 25 September 201412 January 2022

Edward “Ted” Irving, noted for his research on paleomagnetism, passed away on 25 February 2014 in Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada. He was 86

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Forest Service Groundwater Plan Oversteps Bounds, Critics Say

by Randy Showstack 23 September 20149 May 2022

The U.S. Forest Service says a directive on groundwater resource management is an innocuous internal directive. However, critics charge the agency with overstepping its bounds.

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Earth Observation Plan Focuses on User Needs and Measurements

by Randy Showstack 16 September 201420 January 2023

A new U.S. National Plan for Civil Earth Observations focuses on user needs and defines a framework for constructing a balanced portfolio of Earth observing systems, White House officials said.

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LEGO® Set Features Women Scientists

by T. McCarter 9 September 201430 May 2023

Geoscientist designs female LEGO® toys

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NOAA Lists 20 Coral Species as Threatened

by Randy Showstack 9 September 201421 December 2023

Twenty coral species have been listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on 27 August.

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Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Orbit of Neptune

by Randy Showstack 9 September 201417 February 2023

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which is en route to explore Pluto and its planetary system in 2015, crossed the orbit of Neptune on 25 August.

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Decades-Old Sediment Cores Complicate Cascadia Earthquake History

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 2 September 201414 March 2024

Scientists have long known that the Pacific Northwest is vulnerable to massive earthquakes, but newly unearthed data raises questions about the strength and frequency of these quakes.

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African Science Leaders Convene on Key Challenges

by Randy Showstack 19 August 20147 March 2023

An African science symposium at the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in August focused on environmental protection, climate change, development, health, technology, and other issues.

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Interior Secretary Focuses on Climate Change, Fiscal Concerns

by Randy Showstack 24 June 201430 May 2023

Climate change is “the defining issue of our time,” Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said during her 18 June keynote address at the AGU Science Policy Conference in Washington, D. C.

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