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Shovelnose sturgeon
Shovelnose sturgeon
Shovelnose sturgeon
Acoustic Telemetry Used to Track Fish
Acoustic Telemetry Used to Track Fish
Acoustic Telemetry Used to Track Fish
Acoustic Telemetry Used to Track Fish

Staff from the USGS Great Lakes Science Center gaze at the Mackinac Bridge rising above the mist in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. The lines they are holding are attached to grappling hooks being used to retrieve acoustic telemetry equipment anchored on the bottom of the straits.

Staff from the USGS Great Lakes Science Center gaze at the Mackinac Bridge rising above the mist in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. The lines they are holding are attached to grappling hooks being used to retrieve acoustic telemetry equipment anchored on the bottom of the straits.

Scientist in field assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant site
Assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant

Scientist in field assessing soil sampling locations at the Badger Army Ammunition Plant site in Sauk County, WI.

Burned forest with plants growing between burned trees.
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Hillside at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Hill with grass and shrubs and trees regrowing after fire.
Hill at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Hill at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Hill at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Field of growing spring grasses with hill in the background.
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Roadside landscape with newly grown grass and green trees.
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire
Landscape at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 Months After Fire

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Vegetation has begun to regrow in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area 9 months after summer 2018's Carr Fire near Redding, California, where USGS WERC researchers are studying fire impacts, post-fire vegetation recovery, and post-fire erosion and debris flows.

Uninhabited aerial system (UAS), drone, in flight
Uninhabited aerial system (UAS), drone, in flight
Uninhabited aerial system (UAS), drone, in flight
Uninhabited aerial system (UAS), drone, in flight

A uninhabited aerial system (UAS), a drone, flies above avalanche terrain to collect imagery used for avalanche studies.

A uninhabited aerial system (UAS), a drone, flies above avalanche terrain to collect imagery used for avalanche studies.

Congressman Charlie Crist visits the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Congressman Charlie Crist visits the SPCMSC
Congressman Charlie Crist visits the SPCMSC
Congressman Charlie Crist visits the SPCMSC

On May 6, 2019, Congressman Charlie Crist (13th district, FL) and Operations and Outreach Director Mr. Kendrick Lewis will visit the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC). Congressman Crist requested this visit because he is interested to learn more about the Center and to discuss needs/priorities that we may have.

On May 6, 2019, Congressman Charlie Crist (13th district, FL) and Operations and Outreach Director Mr. Kendrick Lewis will visit the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC). Congressman Crist requested this visit because he is interested to learn more about the Center and to discuss needs/priorities that we may have.

Firn core with an ice lens collected on Gulkana Glacier during spring 2019 mass balance field work in Alaska.
Firn core with an ice lens collected on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska.
Firn core with an ice lens collected on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska.
Firn core with an ice lens collected on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska.

Firn core with an ice lens collected on Gulkana Glacier during spring 2019 mass balance field work. Gulkana Glacier is located along the south flank of the eastern Alaska Range.

Firn core with an ice lens collected on Gulkana Glacier during spring 2019 mass balance field work. Gulkana Glacier is located along the south flank of the eastern Alaska Range.

Weather station instruments are all but buried near the spring snow maximum at Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana.
Weather station instruments in Glacier National Park
Weather station instruments in Glacier National Park
Weather station instruments in Glacier National Park

Weather station instruments are all but buried near the spring snow maximum at Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Weather station instruments are all but buried near the spring snow maximum at Sperry Glacier in Glacier National Park, Montana.

Woman adjusts a camera inside a small airplane
Adjusting a camera during an aerial photographic survey
Adjusting a camera during an aerial photographic survey
Adjusting a camera during an aerial photographic survey

Biological Technician, Laura (Laney) White adjusts the camera mount during a survey.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Biological Technician, Laura (Laney) White adjusts the camera mount during a survey.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

View of the ocean from above through a window in a plane, with 3 cameras and other equipment near the window.
View of the ocean from above during an aerial photographic survey
View of the ocean from above during an aerial photographic survey
View of the ocean from above during an aerial photographic survey

Camera set-up and pyrometer collecting sea surface temperature measurements during a survey Fall 2018.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Camera set-up and pyrometer collecting sea surface temperature measurements during a survey Fall 2018.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions.

Two Northern Right Whale Dolphins viewed from above, one with water cresting around it
Northern Right Whale Dolphins viewed from an airplane
Northern Right Whale Dolphins viewed from an airplane
Northern Right Whale Dolphins viewed from an airplane

Two Northern Right Whale Dolphins (Lissodelphis borealis), one below the water and another cresting the surface captured during a test flight in March 2019. This image was zoomed in to show the lack of a dorsal fin, a definitive trait in this species.

Two Northern Right Whale Dolphins (Lissodelphis borealis), one below the water and another cresting the surface captured during a test flight in March 2019. This image was zoomed in to show the lack of a dorsal fin, a definitive trait in this species.

Dense mangrove forest with dense aboveground roots
Micronesian mangrove forest with high elevation and generalist species
Micronesian mangrove forest with high elevation and generalist species
Micronesian mangrove forest with high elevation and generalist species

Mangrove forest in Pohnpei, Micronesia, with Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (sohmw) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Mangrove forest in Pohnpei, Micronesia, with Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (sohmw) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Flooded mangrove forest with prominent roots extending above the water
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia

Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia with Rhizophora apiculata (ahk) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia with Rhizophora apiculata (ahk) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Flooded mangrove forest with prominent roots extending above the water
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia

Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia with Rhizophora apiculata (ahk) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia with Rhizophora apiculata (ahk) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Flooded mangrove forest with prominent roots extending above the water
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia
Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia

Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia with Rhizophora apiculata (ahk) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

Flooded mangrove forest in Micronesia with Rhizophora apiculata (ahk) and Xylocarpus gymnorrhiza (pwulok).

The USGS and partners are studying how mangrove forests in the Federated States of Micronesia may respond to sea-level rise over the coming century. Their projections will help Micronesian communities plan for the future.

'I'iwi (Drepanis coccinea).
'I'iwi (Drepanis coccinea), or scarlet honeycreeper.
'I'iwi (Drepanis coccinea), or scarlet honeycreeper.
'I'iwi (Drepanis coccinea), or scarlet honeycreeper.

'I'iwi (Drepanis coccinea), or scarlet honeycreeper.

Amid lush grasses in a stream channel a white object is apparent, the stream sampling unit
Robotic sampler deployed streamside at Flying D Ranch
Robotic sampler deployed streamside at Flying D Ranch
Robotic sampler deployed streamside at Flying D Ranch

An autonomous sampler (white box) is visible alongside a stream site in Montana  

An autonomous sampler (white box) is visible alongside a stream site in Montana  

Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona
Trail camera field work in Arizona

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.

Ongoing camera monitoring efforts in Southern Arizona to monitor wildlife for the goal of detecting endangered jaguars and ocelots have covered 20 mountain ranges, off and on, from 2012 to 2019.