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cartoon image of ammonia (NH3) and ammonium (NH4+) Ammonia or Ammonium? What’s the difference?
Ammonia or Ammonium? What’s the difference?
Ammonia or Ammonium? What’s the difference?

Ammonia or ammonium? What’s the difference? In water, ammonia (NH3) and ammonium (NH4+) exist together in an equilibrium that depends on pH and temperature. As the temperature or pH rise, ammonia (NH3) becomes more abundant. This is important because ammonia is more toxic than ammonium.

Ammonia or ammonium? What’s the difference? In water, ammonia (NH3) and ammonium (NH4+) exist together in an equilibrium that depends on pH and temperature. As the temperature or pH rise, ammonia (NH3) becomes more abundant. This is important because ammonia is more toxic than ammonium.

image of first video slide Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2025 Field Season Plans
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2025 Field Season Plans
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Spring Seminar: Project Updates and 2025 Field Season Plans

This video presents the Spring 2025 Saline Lake Ecosystems Integrated Water Availability Assessment Spring Seminar by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Hosted by Allison Shipp, the seminar provides updates on how hydroclimatic changes and water management affect terminal lake ecosystems and waterbird populations.

This video presents the Spring 2025 Saline Lake Ecosystems Integrated Water Availability Assessment Spring Seminar by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Hosted by Allison Shipp, the seminar provides updates on how hydroclimatic changes and water management affect terminal lake ecosystems and waterbird populations.

illustration of Animated Nitrogen Fixation Animated Nitrogen Fixation (AD)
Animated Nitrogen Fixation (AD)
Animated Nitrogen Fixation (AD)

This animated nitrogen fixation video provides an overview of natural and industrial nitrogen fixation, along with benefits, costs, trends, and effects on ecosystems.

This animated nitrogen fixation video provides an overview of natural and industrial nitrogen fixation, along with benefits, costs, trends, and effects on ecosystems.

illustration for nitrogen fixation Animated Nitrogen Fixation
Animated Nitrogen Fixation
Animated Nitrogen Fixation

This animated nitrogen fixation video provides an overview of natural and industrial nitrogen fixation, along with benefits, costs, trends, and effects on ecosystems.

This animated nitrogen fixation video provides an overview of natural and industrial nitrogen fixation, along with benefits, costs, trends, and effects on ecosystems.

title slide of USGS presentation on satellite observations of lake surface water dynamics Saline Lakes IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Satellite Observations of Lake Surface Water Dynamics
Saline Lakes IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Satellite Observations of Lake Surface Water Dynamics
Saline Lakes IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Satellite Observations of Lake Surface Water Dynamics

The sixth and final webinar in the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series is on satellite observations of lake surface water dynamics. John W. Jones of the USGS Hydrologic Remote Sensing Branch introduces the surface water and wetland remote sensing component of the Integrated Water Availability Assessment.

title slide of a presentation on Great Basin terminal lakes waterbird prey availability Saline Lakes IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Waterbird Prey Availability
Saline Lakes IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Waterbird Prey Availability
title slide of presentation on USGS Saline Lake Ecosystems Integrated Water Availability Assessment webinar on bird movements Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Bird Movements
Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Bird Movements
Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Bird Movements

The fourth webinar in the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series is on movement of bird species associated with Great Basin terminal lake ecosystems. Cory Overton of the Western Ecological Research Center gives an overview of the USGS bird movement monitoring strategy and presents results from the 2024 field season.

The fourth webinar in the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series is on movement of bird species associated with Great Basin terminal lake ecosystems. Cory Overton of the Western Ecological Research Center gives an overview of the USGS bird movement monitoring strategy and presents results from the 2024 field season.

screenshot of title slide for saline lakes water-quality monitoring presentation Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Water-Quality Monitoring of Great Basin Terminal Lake Ecosystems
Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Water-Quality Monitoring of Great Basin Terminal Lake Ecosystems
Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Water-Quality Monitoring of Great Basin Terminal Lake Ecosystems

The third webinar in the Saline Lakes Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series is on water-quality monitoring of Great Basin terminal lake ecosystems. Christine Rumsey of the Utah Water Science Center and Casie Smith of the Oregon Water Science Center give an overview of the USGS water-quality monitoring strategy and present results from the 2024 field season.

screenshot of the title slide of a presentation on saline lake ecosystems water budgets Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Physical and Chemical Monitoring in Support of Water Budgets of Select Great Basin Saline Lakes
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Physical and Chemical Monitoring in Support of Water Budgets of Select Great Basin Saline Lakes
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Physical and Chemical Monitoring in Support of Water Budgets of Select Great Basin Saline Lakes

The second webinar in the Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series is on physical and chemical monitoring in support of water budgets of select Great Basin saline lakes.

green sagebrush shrubs with brown grass in between Collecting soil samples in a cheatgrass-invaded landscape
Collecting soil samples in a cheatgrass-invaded landscape
Collecting soil samples in a cheatgrass-invaded landscape

Field technicians collect soil samples and monitor plants in an invasive grass dominated sagebrush steppe ecosystem in Colorado. The team measured carbon levels at two soil depths at undisturbed sites, sites that have been burned and invaded, areas that are unburned but invaded, and sites that were burned but not invaded.

Field technicians collect soil samples and monitor plants in an invasive grass dominated sagebrush steppe ecosystem in Colorado. The team measured carbon levels at two soil depths at undisturbed sites, sites that have been burned and invaded, areas that are unburned but invaded, and sites that were burned but not invaded.

screenshot of title slide of Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA project overview presentation Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Project Overview
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Project Overview
Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Project Overview

Allison Shipp, Deputy Regional Director for Science and Research and Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Project Manager, kicked off the Fall 2024 webinar series. This presentation gives an overview of the project and introduces topics that will be covered by the USGS research team throughout the webinar series.

Snip of a GIS map layer showing east-central United States An Avocet's Travels
An Avocet's Travels
An Avocet's Travels

American Avocet 39’s (AMAV39) year long journey detailed by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) GPS tracking data. AMAV39’s flight path, represented by a purple line, starts in the Great Basin at Summer Lake in July 2023 then heads to Lake Abert in October 2023.

American Avocet 39’s (AMAV39) year long journey detailed by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) GPS tracking data. AMAV39’s flight path, represented by a purple line, starts in the Great Basin at Summer Lake in July 2023 then heads to Lake Abert in October 2023.

blue oblong lake surface surrounded by arid land Landsat imagery of Summer Lake
Landsat imagery of Summer Lake
Landsat imagery of Summer Lake

A sequence of satellite imagery of Summer Lake in southern Oregon from May 2024 – July 2024. Starting in May the lake is full and a deep-blue color. As the sequence of satellite images progresses through the summer the lake shrinks dramatically as water evaporates. By July the lake has dried out completely and only some marshlands remain.


 

A sequence of satellite imagery of Summer Lake in southern Oregon from May 2024 – July 2024. Starting in May the lake is full and a deep-blue color. As the sequence of satellite images progresses through the summer the lake shrinks dramatically as water evaporates. By July the lake has dried out completely and only some marshlands remain.


 

Orange drone with broad wing fit with two propellers and with two flaps at its base on beach. Female walking towards drone. Drones for Science: Walrus Calf Scavenged by Polar Bear
Drones for Science: Walrus Calf Scavenged by Polar Bear
Drones for Science: Walrus Calf Scavenged by Polar Bear

This is B-roll video collected during the fall of 2024 on the Alaskan shores of the Chukchi Sea.

This is B-roll video collected during the fall of 2024 on the Alaskan shores of the Chukchi Sea.

Orange drone on beach with several walrus carcasses near shoreline. Close up of dead young walrus on rocky sandy beach.  Drones for Science: Walrus Carcass Survey
Drones for Science: Walrus Carcass Survey
Drones for Science: Walrus Carcass Survey

This is B-roll video collected during the fall of 2024 on the Alaskan shores of the Chukchi Sea.

This is B-roll video collected during the fall of 2024 on the Alaskan shores of the Chukchi Sea.

Title slide for audio described version of EMA Friday's Findings webinar: Indigenous Knowledge - Insight into Climate Change Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change (AD)
Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change (AD)
Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change (AD)

Audio described presentation. Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.

Audio described presentation. Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.

Title slide for EMA Friday's Findings webinar: Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change
Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change
Indigenous Knowledge - Providing Insight into Climate Change

Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.

Indigenous Knowledge can provide insights into past conditions and uncover ecosystem level relationships among plants, animals, and humans that can help scientists better understand climate impacts on humans and the environment and identify sustainable pathways for climate adaptation.

American Avocets with white bodies and brown and white feathers dip long beaks into water for food American Avocets at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
American Avocets at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
American Avocets at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

American avocets resting, bathing, and preening in shallow water at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in southern Nevada.

American avocets resting, bathing, and preening in shallow water at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in southern Nevada.

Title slide for audio described version of EMA Friday's Findings webinar: One Health, One Environment One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm (AD)
One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm (AD)
One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm (AD)

One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.

One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.

Title slide for EMA Friday's Findings webinar: One Health, One Environment One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm
One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm
One Health, One Environment: Environmental chemistry’s integrative approaches in advancing the One Health Paradigm

One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.

One Health is a holistic approach that recognizes people's health is closely linked to the health of animals and the environment. Environmental chemistry is integral to the One Health paradigm, providing critical insights into how pollutants and chemicals in our surroundings impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human populations.

Close up of orange water in Kugororuk River, Alaksa. Shrubs and mountains with blue sky. Rusting Rivers b-roll - Kugororuk River
Rusting Rivers b-roll - Kugororuk River
Rusting Rivers b-roll - Kugororuk River

This is B-roll video of the Kugororuk River in Noatak National Park and Preserve, Alaska from July 17, 2023.

This is B-roll video of the Kugororuk River in Noatak National Park and Preserve, Alaska from July 17, 2023.

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