A long-term study by the US Geological Survey (USGS) suggests that recent changes in the quality and availability of sea ice in northern Alaska are the most likely explanation for a decrease in female polar bears bringing up cubs on sea ice and an increase in basing themselves on land. Researchers from the USGS used satellite telemetry to evaluate changes in the distribution of female nesting s...

The occurrence of metabolites of many commonly used herbicides in streams has not been studied extensively in tile-drained watersheds. We collected water samples throughout the Upper Embarras River watershed [92% corn, Zea mays L., and soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in east-central Illinois from March 1999 through September 2000 to study the occurrence of atrazine (2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-iso...

First posted June 23, 2021 For additional information, contact: Director, New Mexico Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey6700 Edith Blvd. NEAlbuquerque, NM 87113 The Albuquerque Basin, located in central Mexico, is about 100 miles long and 25–40 wide. basin hydrologically defined as the extent of consolidated unconsolidated deposits Tertiary Quaternary age that encompasses structural Rio ...

Storms are one of the main causes coastal erosion, causing substantial property and infrastructure losses in communities. Coastal erosion is particularly damaging underrepresented communities that unable to meet building zoning regulations due limited resources [Lam, 2014]. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a probabilistic assessment hurricane-induced for sandy coastlines...

عوامل متعددی بر روند تاثیرگذاری نگاره های ایران شبه قاره هند در دوران حکومت مغولان موثر بوده است. موضوع این پژوهش بررسی نگارگری دوره با منابع کتابخانه ای و بکارگیری روش توصيفی- تحليلی رویکرد تاریخی، آثار از منظر شیوه پیدایش، ساختار، خصایص صوری تاثیرپذیری هنر ایرانی مورد قرار گرفته ‏است. اساس نتایج پژوهش، عصر مغولان، به گونه چشم گیر معرف نفوذ طور کلی، گرایش هنرمندان مغول هنرهای تصویری ایران‏ قوا...