USGS scientist Darwin Ockerman installs a storm-tide sensor at Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, Texas.
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USGS scientist Darwin Ockerman installs a storm-tide sensor at Packery Channel near Corpus Christi, Texas.
USGS storm-tide sensor installed in preparation for Hurricane Harvey near Matagorda, Texas.
USGS storm-tide sensor installed in preparation for Hurricane Harvey near Matagorda, Texas.
A scientist performing PAMF’s monitoring protocol on a Phragmites patch near Schoolcraft, Michigan.
A scientist performing PAMF’s monitoring protocol on a Phragmites patch near Schoolcraft, Michigan.
Page Valentine works with NOAA staff from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to ready the SEABoss for deployment off the fantail of the NOAA R/V Auk.
Page Valentine works with NOAA staff from the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary to ready the SEABoss for deployment off the fantail of the NOAA R/V Auk.
Page Valentine and Dann Blackwood on the fantail of the NOAA R/V Auk. Dann is photographing a sediment sample collected on the seabed.
Page Valentine and Dann Blackwood on the fantail of the NOAA R/V Auk. Dann is photographing a sediment sample collected on the seabed.
Photo of a USGS real-time water quality monitoring platform on Lake Houston.
Photo of a USGS real-time water quality monitoring platform on Lake Houston.
A small stream meanders through ice-rich polygonal ground in the Cutler River Basin, Alaska. This work is part of the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT): Hydrology project that takes place in the Arctic Network Parks because they lie in a region that
A small stream meanders through ice-rich polygonal ground in the Cutler River Basin, Alaska. This work is part of the Hydro-Ecology of Arctic Thawing (HEAT): Hydrology project that takes place in the Arctic Network Parks because they lie in a region that
Between August 19-22, 2017, 140 seismometers were deployed around Mount St. Helens. Instruments were placed on top of the 2004-2008 lava dome, the 1980-86 lava dome, the 1980 crater floor, and around the volcanic cone.
Between August 19-22, 2017, 140 seismometers were deployed around Mount St. Helens. Instruments were placed on top of the 2004-2008 lava dome, the 1980-86 lava dome, the 1980 crater floor, and around the volcanic cone.
Black-legged Kittiwakes in a colony in Cook Inlet, Alaska. One bird on a nest.
Black-legged Kittiwakes in a colony in Cook Inlet, Alaska. One bird on a nest.
Chattooga River, Middle Gorge, Wild and Scenic River, Jackson County, North Carolina
Chattooga River, Middle Gorge, Wild and Scenic River, Jackson County, North Carolina
Common Murres in a colony in Cook Inlet, Alaska in 2017
Common Murres in a colony in Cook Inlet, Alaska in 2017
Common Murres in their colony in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Common Murres in their colony in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Aerial photograph looking north, Scott Creek Beach in distance, along the California coast near Davenport.
Aerial photograph looking north, Scott Creek Beach in distance, along the California coast near Davenport.
Cross section of a seafloor crust (AKA, ferromanganese or cobalt-rich crusts) from the Marshall Islands collected at almost 2,000 meters depth.
Cross section of a seafloor crust (AKA, ferromanganese or cobalt-rich crusts) from the Marshall Islands collected at almost 2,000 meters depth.
USGS research oceanographer Amy Gartman waits for an X-ray diffractometer to analyze samples of hydrothermal sulfide minerals.
USGS research oceanographer Amy Gartman waits for an X-ray diffractometer to analyze samples of hydrothermal sulfide minerals.
Staff float down the Rio Grande in New Mexico as part of their Swiftwater Awareness training.
Staff float down the Rio Grande in New Mexico as part of their Swiftwater Awareness training.
The USGS uses observations and data collection in the back-barrier environment at Fire Island, NY to inform numerical models.
The USGS uses observations and data collection in the back-barrier environment at Fire Island, NY to inform numerical models.
USGS monitors the growth rates of the threatened Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) at Dry Tortugas National Park (pictured) and throughout the Florida Keys, U.S.A.
USGS monitors the growth rates of the threatened Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) at Dry Tortugas National Park (pictured) and throughout the Florida Keys, U.S.A.
USGS scientist Lisa McKeon sets up a repeat photo shot on Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park.
USGS scientist Lisa McKeon sets up a repeat photo shot on Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park.
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in Lake Huron near Alpena preparing to dive on a transect.
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in Lake Huron near Alpena preparing to dive on a transect.
Mount St. Helens, as viewed from the Castle Lake Overlook.
Mount St. Helens, as viewed from the Castle Lake Overlook.