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With funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recently upgraded its seismic monitoring network.  Here, HVO staff, assisted by an HVO volunteer, installs the solar panel and antenna for one of the upgraded seismic stations on Kīlauea.

Bald eagles nest in Louisiana, numbers are expanding rapidly

Scientists aboard the Research Vessel Polaris sampling Potamocorbula amurensis.

USGS staff Michael Doukas, Heather Bleick, and Peter Kelly depart for an aerial observation and gas monitoring flight over Redoubt Volcano.

Research geologist Michelle Coombs monitors information on Redoubt during a restless period.

USGS scientist Kristi Wallace works with a videographer to tape an educational segment for the general public on how to gather ash samples after an eruption.

USGS scientist Kristi Wallace works with a videographer to tape an educational segment for the general public on how to gather ash samples after an eruption.

USGS scientist Heather Bleick prepares documentation equipment for a flight over Redoubt Volcano.

Drill rig at Sawyer Avenue replacement well

Using the device pictured here, government scientists are measuring snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun -- all the while saving money, energy, and ultimately helping to save lives.

Showing the son of a USGS employee "what we do" on the Tangipahoa R., LA

The degassing lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea was a fitting backdrop in 2009 for USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist Janet Babb, who later co-produced a video about the summit eruption.

USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program Representative (VDAP) Gari Mayberry presents the draft VDAP report to President Kikwete of Tanzania with the Charge d'Affairs Larry Andre.

In Hurricane Hole, Red Mangrove trees extend from land into the water, anchoring the trees along the shoreline and creating a rich marine ecosystem.

The village of Naiyobi, about 5 miles from the summit of Ol Doinyo Lengai, has had ashfall from recent eruptions that have impacted residents and their cattle.

Scientists from the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program team and the Geological Survey of Tanzania take a sample of the most recent ashfall from Ol Doinyo Lengai as the volcano looms in the background.

Hummingbirds traditionally wintering in the tropics now routinely winter along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast

USGS Scientist David Sherrod and a guide complete digging for ash samples from the most recent eruption of Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano in Tanzania.

USGS volcanologist David Sherrod discusses activity at Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano with the Director of the Tanzanian Geological Survey, Abdul Mruma, as a local Maasai woman observes.

USGS Scientist David Sherrod surveys Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano in Tanzania with scientists from the Geological Survey of Tanzania and local villagers.

Black-capped Chickadee with an elongated and decurved maxilla.