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high-resolution national elevation data from the USGS 3D Elevation Program, and advanced computing to build a comprehensive landslide susceptibility model. The resulting map of the contiguous U.S., ...

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US President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to staff up his incoming administration, naming loyalists to several key ...

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Climate change is impacting urban areas especially hard, but FortyGuard believes data can help efforts to cool cities down.

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