Maintenance of a high-quality ShakeAlert sensors, power and telemetry stations in Portland, OR.
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B-Roll: Northwest ShakeAlert Sensor Station
Maintenance of a high-quality ShakeAlert sensors, power and telemetry stations in Portland, OR.
Barry Glacier from Prince William Sound
View of Barry Glacier in Alaska, from Prince William Sound
View of Barry Glacier in Alaska, from Prince William Sound
Big bear scat found while in the field
Big bear scat found while in the field
Big bear scat found while in the field
Brackish water desalination facility in Harlingen, Texas.
Brackish water desalination facility in Harlingen, Texas. The plant was built in 2007 and has a capacity of 2.25 million gallons per day. Source: North Cameron Regional Water Supply Corporation
Brackish water desalination facility in Harlingen, Texas. The plant was built in 2007 and has a capacity of 2.25 million gallons per day. Source: North Cameron Regional Water Supply Corporation
Brooke Osborne
USGS web page profile image for Brooke Osborne.
USGS web page profile image for Brooke Osborne.
Captive Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
Captive Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), and wheat seeds with (brown) and without (cream) pesticide coatings used to treat insect pests.
Captive Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), and wheat seeds with (brown) and without (cream) pesticide coatings used to treat insect pests.
Coastal bathymetry, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, mapped using lidar
Coastal bathymetry, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, mapped using lidar and depicted with false-color (purple is deep, orange is shallow). Land areas are depicted with satellite imagery.
Coastal bathymetry, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, mapped using lidar and depicted with false-color (purple is deep, orange is shallow). Land areas are depicted with satellite imagery.
Coastal wetland ecosystems in Jamaica Bay, New York,
Coastal wetland ecosystems in Jamaica Bay, New York, provide important ecosystem services along the highly urbanized Atlantic coast.
Coastal wetland ecosystems in Jamaica Bay, New York, provide important ecosystem services along the highly urbanized Atlantic coast.
Collecting a core from a reef
Two divers work to collect a long core sample from a coral reef in Florida.
Two divers work to collect a long core sample from a coral reef in Florida.
Collecting Cores in Thawing Permafrost, Alaska
Cores were collected from various areas of thawing permafrost-peatlands in Alaska. Permafrost thaw results in ground subsidence and inundation that kills black spruce and other understory plants living on the permafrost plateau.
Cores were collected from various areas of thawing permafrost-peatlands in Alaska. Permafrost thaw results in ground subsidence and inundation that kills black spruce and other understory plants living on the permafrost plateau.
Collecting Cores in Thawing Permafrost, Alaska
Cores were collected from various areas of thawing permafrost-peatlands in Alaska. Permafrost thaw results in ground subsidence and inundation that kills black spruce and other understory plants living on the permafrost plateau.
Cores were collected from various areas of thawing permafrost-peatlands in Alaska. Permafrost thaw results in ground subsidence and inundation that kills black spruce and other understory plants living on the permafrost plateau.
Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed
Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed, from Healy, R.W., Winter, T.C., LaBaugh, J.W., and Franke, O.L., 2007, Water budgets: Foundations for effective water-resources and environmental management: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1308.
Components of a simple water budget for part of a watershed, from Healy, R.W., Winter, T.C., LaBaugh, J.W., and Franke, O.L., 2007, Water budgets: Foundations for effective water-resources and environmental management: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1308.
Confined disposal facility, East Chicago, Indiana
Front cover for the publication titled "Geochemistry and microbiology of groundwater and solids from extraction and monitoring wells and their relation to well efficiency at a Federally operated confined disposal facility, East Chicago, Indiana"
Front cover for the publication titled "Geochemistry and microbiology of groundwater and solids from extraction and monitoring wells and their relation to well efficiency at a Federally operated confined disposal facility, East Chicago, Indiana"
Continued degassing from fumaroles at fissures
Continued degassing from fumaroles at fissures on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone produce native sulfur crystals when sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide gases react and cool upon reaching the surface. The delicate sulfur crystals are 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long.
Continued degassing from fumaroles at fissures on Kīlauea Volcano's lower East Rift Zone produce native sulfur crystals when sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide gases react and cool upon reaching the surface. The delicate sulfur crystals are 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long.
Contractor Babak Tehranirad works on an operational model
Contractor Babak Tehranirad works on an operational model for forecasting flooding around San Francisco Bay.
Contractor Babak Tehranirad works on an operational model for forecasting flooding around San Francisco Bay.
Cuyahoga River at Independence OH - view from edge of river
Cuyahoga River at Independence OH - view from edge of river
Cuyahoga River at Independence OH - view from edge of river
Data Pipelines
Enhancing scientific research with reproducible, collaborative, and scalable data analysis workflows and methodologies.Example R code leveraging a reproducible data pipeline with the package “remake” to handle dependencies and organize workflow.
Enhancing scientific research with reproducible, collaborative, and scalable data analysis workflows and methodologies.Example R code leveraging a reproducible data pipeline with the package “remake” to handle dependencies and organize workflow.
Data Science Tools
Data science tools and techniques to build and execute data workflows for modeling and complex data analyses.
Data science tools and techniques to build and execute data workflows for modeling and complex data analyses.
Data Science: Water Use in 2015 Visualization
Data Science: Water Use in 2015 Visualization. Click here to read more about USGS Water Resources Mission Area Data Science.
Data Science: Water Use in 2015 Visualization. Click here to read more about USGS Water Resources Mission Area Data Science.
Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
(Source: State of Florida Department of Natural Resources. Special Publication No. 21, 1977)
Development of geothermal saline groundwater into a warm-spring spa.
(Source: State of Florida Department of Natural Resources. Special Publication No. 21, 1977)
Diver in cave
Cave passage and diver (Bil Philips, cave explorer) in Ox Bel Ha Cave System of the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula.
Cave passage and diver (Bil Philips, cave explorer) in Ox Bel Ha Cave System of the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula.