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The Dust of that Infamous Day - We all remember the scene of workers and passersby fleeing from the storm of dust that followed the Sept. 11 collapse of the World Trade Center. Two days after the collapse, USGS scientists, at the request of the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Public Health Service, conducted a remote sensing and mineralogical study of the dust deposited in lower Manhattan around the WTC. View the full report at http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-01-0429/. Photos and captions are available at http://www.usgs.gov/features/sciencepicks.html. Carolyn Bell (cbell@usgs.gov) 703-648-4460

Cruising for Energy - Beneath the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, scientists may find the answer to our country's future energy needs - gas hydrates. Research has shown that gas hydrate deposits exist in concentrations that may literally dwarf the world's known oil reserves. USGS scientists on a 21-day cruise took giant core samples from beneath the ocean's floor. The samples are being studied to learn about the geophysical properties of methane (gas) hydrates and their potential as an energy source. Check out the USGS energy web site: http://energy.usgs.gov/. Preview the video news release and b-roll footage from the research cruise at http://mam.er.usgs.gov:8080/ramgen/methanehydrates.rm. Click here to see what methane hydrates looks like. A.B. Wade (abwade@usgs.gov) 703-648-4460

West Nile Virus Does Not Discriminate - The number of species of birds falling victim to WNV is increasingly on the rise. Currently, the USGS has documented nearly 120 different avian species as having been infected. Some of these species a
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