This is a complete on-line version of Cowardin, L. M., V. Carter, F. C. Golet, and E. T. LaRoe's classic 1979 publication from the U.S. Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service via the...
Many challenges, including climate change, face the Nation's water managers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided estimates of how climate may change, but more...
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, conducted a 7-year, multi-disciplinary study of coastal erosion in northeastern South Carolina. The main...
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This document is part of the Synthesis and Assessment Products described in the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Strategic Plan. The U.S. Government's CCSP is...
Natural wetland systems have often been described as the ?earth?s kidneys? because they filter pollutants from water that flows through on its way to receiving lakes,
streams and oceans. Becau...
Report with mini-movie and photos on the hypothesis that the atmospheric transport of dust arising from the desertification in northern Africa led to algal infestation of corals, coral diseases, and...
The deepest lake in the United States and the clearest in the world is an important natural resource and a natural laboratory. Long-term monitoring provides baseline information that is essential for...
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