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EGSC Provides Great Opportunities for Students

Animated graphic showing the EGSC summer interns and some of the projects they worked on
The 10 week internship for our summer students was a rousing success for both the USGS and the interns.

The interns had the opportunity to attend USGS seminars and work on various EGSC projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, South Florida, and other areas.

They were able to interact with experts and scientists and to take field trips in Washington D.C. and the surrounding area. Read more...


Are the Fish Safe to Eat???

Animated graphic showing how the model extrapolates Hg levels for fish not sampled from fish sampled
An online model for mercury in fish-tissue, which standardizes the concentrations of mercury in fish to enable comparisons among different species, individuals of different lengths and samples of different types. The model is applied to a comprehensive national compilation of fish-tissue data to detect spatial and temporal trends in mercury concentrations that would otherwise be obscured. Read more...


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