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Timeseries plots of maximum daily salinity on the lower Connecticut River 2011-2021 for an upstream site on the river and a downstream site in the estuary. The timeseries chart uses tiles to show annual patterns in salinity compared across 10 years.

Land cover is animated through time in the Delaware River Basin. The visual shows a map and chart reflecting the proportion of land area in 8 major land cover classes: water, agriculture, barren, forest, grassland, wetland and developed areas (low and high intensity). Time is broken into 10 year intervals.

A map of CONUS using angled wheat field vectors to compare lake growing degree days between the past (1981-1990) and present (2011-2020). The vectors are mapped to the number of growing degree days earlier or later on the x-axis, and the difference in temperature on the y-axis, resulting in vector angles spanning 360 degrees.

A graphic showing a mountain with a snowcap. Names of scientists are next to arrows that show where on the mountain they work to measure snowmelt.

Deep sump pit for test basin with adjacent grade beam at the Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) Construction Site (05/04/22).

Water table contour map (2018) of the Harney Basin, Oregon. Image is from a new groundwater basin study study by the Oregon Water Resources Department and U.S. Geological Survey for Harney Basin in southeast Oregon.

In-stream demonstration during the Clean Water Act Section 106/319 Training for Tribal Partners and First Nations that took place in Gay Head on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in May 2022. 

Helicopter flights will test new technology and methods to collect water-velocity (speed) data from camera images. (Credit: USGS) 

The USGS Active Groundwater Level Network includes about 20,000 wells that have been measured by the USGS or USGS cooperators at least once within the past 13 months. The animation shows snapshots of water-level statistics in the network during April 2022.

Deep pump sump pit excavation shown with concrete forms in place at the new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) site in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Tow Tank excavation shown with concrete forms in place at the new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) site in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

USGS Hydrologist Eric White monitors a computer displaying real-time data inversions while towing a novel floating transient electromagnetic (TEM) system (i.e., FloaTEM) on the Columbia River near Richland, Washington, adjacent to the Hanford 300 Area.

Deep pump sump pit excavation shown with concrete forms in place at the new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) site in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

On April 11th, 2022, Water Resources Mission Area hosted a public webinar updating stakeholders on the status of modernization. Next Generation products are gradually replacing legacy water data delivery products. This thumbnail is for that webinar.

Construction sign posted at the new Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility (HIF) site in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

U.S. River Conditions, January to March 2022 

U.S. River Conditions, January to March 2022 

A screenshot of the U.S. River Conditions, Janaury to March 2022 data visualization. View the full animation here. 

The USGS National Water Dashboard provides real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, water quality and groundwater station in context with current weather and hazard conditions.

Photo of a mesocosm like that utilized in the study (Schmidt and others, 2022). The rocks are colonized with natural stream communities of aquatic insects. Fresh stream water is circulated through the mesocosm, and individual mesocosms are dosed with different concentrations of a neonicotinoid compound.

USGS Great Lakes Restoration Initiative urban stormwater green infrastructure examples including bioswale, rain garden, planter boxes, permeable pavement, green parking, urban farming, and green roofs.