The software package, Grfin Tools, can estimate potential runout from landslides or inundation from geophysical mass flows such as debris flows, lahars from volcanoes, and rock avalanches within a digital elevation model (DEM). Grfin is an acronym of growth + flow + inundation. The tools within this package apply simple, well-tested, empirical models of runout that are computationally efficient and require minimal parameters. These tools can be used individually (for example, to estimate debris-flow inundation) or in combination to represent a more complete series of linked processes, from landslide source areas, to unchannelized transport, to channelized flows. Grfin Tools can rapidly assess potential runout and inundation over large areas and the results are readily visualized in a geographic information system.
Tools for assessing areas affected by runout and flow inundation include a height-to-length (H/L) ratio, angle-of-reach approach for estimating open-slope, unchannelized landslide runout, and volume-area scaling relations for assessing flow inundation in channels. Potential landslide areas that constitute the sources of runout or inundation can be delineated with topographic features, such as slope and (or) curvature, derived by the software package, or by employing potential sources derived from other landslide susceptibility models. Grfin Tools also has the capability to assess inundation from flows that grow volumetrically downstream. This is a vital feature, as larger flows commonly result in longer runout and larger inundation. The software uses empirically derived growth factors applied over upslope contributing source areas or upstream channel lengths to integrate the effects of various growth processes, such as channel entrainment, streambank failures, adjacent landslides, and hillslope erosion. Inundation follows a drainage network defined with a separate tool that uses topographic curvature to identify channel initiation locations.
This document includes information on using Grfin Tools, the basis and methods underlying the tools and models, detailed descriptions of the software input and output files, and tips for handling special conditions such as roads and large water bodies. Multiple detailed examples illustrating different applications are also presented. Grfin Tools relies on the freely available TauDEM software package (Tarboton, 2005). The Grfin Tools software release is available from Cronkite-Ratcliff and others (2025).
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Identifying and building solutions to help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change requires participation of all people; however, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, including environmental sciences, continue to lack diversity. To address this issue, many institutions have increased programming to recruit and retain people from historically marginalized backgrounds in STEM fields. Institutions use surveys to evaluate the experiences of community members and identify areas for improvement; however, surveys often summarize and reflect majority perspectives and disregard voices of historically marginalized individuals. In June 2021, a survey of graduate students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and researchers affiliated with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) evaluated their experiences of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) using Likert-based and long-answer questions. We analyzed the results as a whole, but also focused on the responses of people who self-identified as members of a marginalized group (“marginalized respondents”) in climate adaptation science to center their voices. Marginalized respondents reported being motivated to enter climate adaptation science to improve society and the environment rather than for intellectual curiosity, which motivated one third of non-marginalized respondents. Once in science, marginalized respondents reported feeling less supported and comfortable at work and were more likely to have considered leaving science and academia in the last year. Long-answer responses of marginalized respondents indicated distrust in the ability of leadership and existing DEIJ initiatives to effectively tackle systemic issues and emphasized the importance of focusing on equity and inclusion before recruitment. Marginalized respondents identified additional funding to support existing DEIJ efforts and undergraduates as priorities. By allowing participants to self-identify as part of a marginalized group, we were able to highlight experiences and needs without risking exposure based on race, gender, disability status, or sexual orientation. This approach can be applied to other small organizations with limited demographic diversity.
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","language":"English","publisher":"The Company of Biologists","doi":"10.1242/jeb.250110","usgsCitation":"Shaughnessy, C.A., Hall, D., Norstog, J., Barany, A., Regish, A.M., Ferreira-Martins, D., Breves, J.P., Komoroske, L.M., and McCormick, S.D., 2025, A Cftr-independent, Ano1-rich seawater-adaptive ionocyte in sea lamprey gills: Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 228, no. 7, jeb250110, 10 p., https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250110.","productDescription":"jeb250110, 10 p.","ipdsId":"IP-154524","costCenters":[{"id":50464,"text":"Eastern Ecological Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"links":[{"id":488338,"rank":0,"type":{"id":40,"text":"Open Access Publisher Index Page"},"url":"https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250110","text":"Publisher Index Page"},{"id":483523,"type":{"id":24,"text":"Thumbnail"},"url":"https://pubs.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg"}],"volume":"228","issue":"7","noUsgsAuthors":false,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationStatus":"PW","contributors":{"authors":[{"text":"Shaughnessy, Ciaran A. 0000-0003-2146-9126","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-9126","contributorId":229634,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Shaughnessy","given":"Ciaran","email":"","middleInitial":"A.","affiliations":[{"id":37062,"text":"UMASS","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931186,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":1},{"text":"Hall, Daniel J","contributorId":292080,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Hall","given":"Daniel J","affiliations":[{"id":6932,"text":"University of Massachusetts, Amherst","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931187,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":2},{"text":"Norstog, Jessica L.","contributorId":352422,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Norstog","given":"Jessica L.","affiliations":[{"id":84213,"text":"Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931188,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":3},{"text":"Barany, Andre","contributorId":228958,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Barany","given":"Andre","email":"","affiliations":[{"id":41532,"text":"Univ of Cadiz","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931189,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":4},{"text":"Regish, Amy M. 0000-0003-4747-4265","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4747-4265","contributorId":265360,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"Regish","given":"Amy","email":"","middleInitial":"M.","affiliations":[{"id":365,"text":"Leetown Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":931190,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":5},{"text":"Ferreira-Martins, Diogo","contributorId":228920,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Ferreira-Martins","given":"Diogo","email":"","affiliations":[{"id":37062,"text":"UMASS","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931191,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":6},{"text":"Breves, Jason P.","contributorId":6349,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Breves","given":"Jason","email":"","middleInitial":"P.","affiliations":[{"id":6932,"text":"University of Massachusetts, Amherst","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931192,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":7},{"text":"Komoroske, Lisa M.","contributorId":287670,"corporation":false,"usgs":false,"family":"Komoroske","given":"Lisa","email":"","middleInitial":"M.","affiliations":[{"id":6932,"text":"University of Massachusetts, Amherst","active":true,"usgs":false}],"preferred":false,"id":931193,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":8},{"text":"McCormick, Stephen D. 0000-0003-0621-6200 smccormick@usgs.gov","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-6200","contributorId":139214,"corporation":false,"usgs":true,"family":"McCormick","given":"Stephen","email":"smccormick@usgs.gov","middleInitial":"D.","affiliations":[{"id":365,"text":"Leetown Science Center","active":true,"usgs":true}],"preferred":true,"id":931194,"contributorType":{"id":1,"text":"Authors"},"rank":9}]}} ,{"id":70263777,"text":"70263777 - 2025 - Cancer risk and estimated lithium exposure in drinking groundwater in the US","interactions":[],"lastModifiedDate":"2025-02-24T15:22:49.778702","indexId":"70263777","displayToPublicDate":"2025-02-20T09:17:26","publicationYear":"2025","noYear":false,"publicationType":{"id":2,"text":"Article"},"publicationSubtype":{"id":10,"text":"Journal Article"},"seriesTitle":{"id":20081,"text":"JAMA Network Open","active":true,"publicationSubtype":{"id":10}},"title":"Cancer risk and estimated lithium exposure in drinking groundwater in the US","docAbstract":"Importance Lithium is a naturally occurring element in drinking water and is commonly used as a mood-stabilizing medication. Although clinical studies have reported associations between receiving lithium treatment and reduced cancer risk among patients with bipolar disorder, to our knowledge, the association between environmental lithium exposure and cancer risk has never been studied in the general population.
Objectives To evaluate the association between exposure to lithium in drinking groundwater and cancer risk in the general population.
Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study included participants with electronic health record and residential address information but without cancer history at baseline from the All of Us Research Program between May 31, 2017, and June 30, 2022. Participants were followed up until February 15, 2023. Statistical analysis was performed from September 2023 through October 2024.
Exposure Lithium concentration in groundwater, based on kriging interpolation of publicly available US Geological Survey data on lithium concentration for 4700 wells across the contiguous US between May 12, 1999, and November 6, 2018.
Main Outcome and Measures The main outcome was cancer diagnosis or condition, obtained from electronic health records. Stratified Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs for risk of cancer overall and individual cancer types for increasing quintiles of the estimated lithium exposure in drinking groundwater, adjusting for socioeconomic, behavioral, and neighborhood-level variables. The analysis was further conducted in the western and eastern halves of the US and restricted to long-term residents living at their current address for at least 3 years.
Results A total of 252 178 participants were included (median age, 52 years [IQR, 36-64 years]; 60.1% female). The median follow-up time was 3.6 years (IQR, 3.0-4.3 years), and 7573 incident cancer cases were identified. Higher estimated lithium exposure was consistently associated with reduced cancer risk. Compared with the first (lowest) quintile of lithium exposure, the HR for all cancers was 0.49 (95% CI, 0.31-0.78) for the fourth quintile and 0.29 (95% CI, 0.15-0.55) for the fifth quintile. These associations were found for all cancer types investigated in both females and males, among long-term residents, and in both western and eastern states. For example, for the fifth vs first quintile of lithium exposure for all cancers, the HR was 0.17 (95% CI, 0.07-0.42) in females and 0.13 (95% CI, 0.04-0.38) in males; for long-term residents, the HR was 0.32 (95% CI, 0.15-0.66) in females and 0.24 (95% CI, 0.11-0.52) in males; and the HR was 0.01 (95% CI, 0.00-0.09) in western states and 0.34 (95% CI, 0.21-0.57) in eastern states.
Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study of 252 178 participants, estimated lithium exposure in drinking groundwater was associated with reduced cancer risk. Given the sparse evidence and unknown mechanisms of this association, follow-up investigation is warranted.
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Since their reintroduction, elk numbers have increased, and elk have extended their range beyond GRSM boundaries. We used spatially explicit capture-recapture (SCR) methods based on fecal DNA to identify individual elk and estimate population abundance (N), apparent survival (φ), per capita recruitment (f), and population growth rate (λ) in western North Carolina. We walked a series of transects during 3 winter field seasons (2020–2022) and collected elk pellets encountered along those transects. We created spatially explicit capture histories and incorporated those data into both closed and open population SCR models. The top performing closed SCR models for males and females estimated density by year and as a function of the scaled distance to the nearest field, with densities decreasing as the distance increased. Combined male and female N were 179 elk (95% CI = 149–215) in 2020, 220 elk (95% CI = 188–256) in 2021, and 240 elk (95% CI = 207–279) in 2022. The top open population model estimated both φ and λ as functions of sex and year. The estimate of φ for males was 0.682 (95% CI = 0.317–0.908) during 2020–2021 and 0.339 (95% CI = 0.152–0.596) during 2021–2022 and for females was 0.953 (95% CI = 0.830–1.000) during 2020–2021 and 0.829 (95% CI = 0.601–1.000) during 2021–2022. The annual population growth rate (λ) for males was 1.127 (95% CI = 0.806–1.575) during 2020–2021 and 0.811 (95% CI = 0.566–1.163) during 2021–2022 and for females was 1.559 (95% CI = 1.162–2.091) during 2020–2021 and 1.122 (95% CI = 0.876–1.437) during 2021–2022. Our elk abundance estimates in areas >300 m from fields were negligible, and we suggest that sampling only the areas in and adjacent to fields in the future will result in reliable but more cost-efficient population estimates. 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However, tracking the provenance and tectonic affinity of dominantly juvenile crustal provinces is challenging. This difficulty is highlighted by uncertainty over whether the Yavapai and Mojave Provinces, part of the >1300-km-wide system of Proterozoic orogens in southwestern Laurentia, (1) have similar crustal and tectonic histories and (2) if they formed on or near Laurentian, Australian, or Antarctic cratons. Here, we contribute new large-n detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Sm-Nd whole-rock isotope geochemistry to help constrain the provenance of the Yavapai Province and address these broader questions. Yavapai Province metasedimentary rocks from central Colorado in the southwestern USA have abundant pre-1.80 Ga detrital zircon grains, with ca. 1.85 Ga, 2.30 Ga, and 2.50−2.70 Ga peaks, and variable amounts of 1.79−1.78 Ga grains. Evolved whole-rock Sm-Nd isotopic compositions from these rocks, including 2.36−2.08 Ga model ages, also suggest mixing between 1.79 Ga and 1.78 Ga Yavapai Province arcs and early Proterozoic to Archean sources. Nearly identical pre-1.8 Ga detrital and inherited zircon age distributions suggest that the Yavapai and Mojave Provinces formed on and/or incorporated similar material. The Trans-Hudson orogen, and to a slightly lesser extent the Penokean orogen, provide the closest matches to the pre-1.80 Ga material in the Yavapai and Mojave Provinces. This similarity, coupled with a weaker resemblance to Australian and Antarctic sources, support a Laurentian affinity for the Yavapai and Mojave Provinces. We envision Paleoproterozoic arc formation on both oceanic crust and material of Laurentian affinity and multiple phases of arc-back-arc genesis, closure, and accretionary tectonism along the long-lived margin of the supercontinent Columbia (Nuna).
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However, it is not devoid of genetic risks, such as outbreeding depression in future generations, that can have negative consequences in terms of the establishment and mean fitness of the population. Studies that monitor the long-term effects of genetic rescue on populations in the wild are few, especially for snakes. We used long-term genetic monitoring and body condition indices to investigate the consequences of conservation translocation and genetic admixture in a Mogollon Narrow-headed Gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) wild population. We compared genetic diversity and fitness metrics among the source and recipient populations to evaluate individual- and population-level fitness responses related to the conservation translocation. Our study found persistent captures with continued monitoring for over a decade post-release, and the recipient population showed lower inbreeding values and an increase in heterozygosity that was 19% higher than the two source populations. 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There were 140 chemicals for which no empirical toxicity data were available. The aim of this study was to generate transcriptomic points of departure (tPODs) for 10 of these compounds and demonstrate how they could be applied in a screening-level prioritization. Organisms representing three trophic levels of the aquatic food web (Pimephales promelas, Daphnia magna, and Raphidocelis subcapitata) were exposed for 24 hr to a half-log dilution series of nominal exposure concentrations typically ranging from 66.7–0.021 µM of each chemical. In addition to observations of apical effects (e.g., survival and morphology), whole body transcriptomic responses (tPODs) to each chemical were evaluated with targeted analysis using TempO-seq for P. promelas and D. magna and nontargeted RNA-seq for R. subcapitata. The tPODs ranged from 0.18–10.8 µM for P. promelas and 0.32–29 µM for D. magna, with the most potent of the chemicals tested being fipronil carboxamide for both species. For R. subcapitata, the tPODs ranged from 0.04–1.77 µM, with gabapentin as the most potent chemical tested. Empirically derived tPODs from these data-poor chemicals were compared with concentrations detected in the Great Lakes basin. Environmental concentrations were less than the tPODs except for R. subcapitata and 3,4-dichlorophenyl isocyanate. Similarly, tPODs from previously tested data-rich chemicals were compared with environmental concentrations, in which case tPODs from several chemicals overlapped environmental concentrations. This work demonstrates the potential utility of emerging ecological high-throughput transcriptomics assays to support screening and prioritization of data-poor environmental contaminants.
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