Do Droughts Affect Groundwater Quality? A California Story
By Zeno Levy, USGS Research Geologist
Videos
On demand viewing of our current and past lecture videos can be found here. You can also view videos (2012 - current) via our Public Lecture Series playlist on our USGS YouTube channel.
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PubTalk-02/2022 - Do Droughts Affect Groundwater Quality? A California Story
Do Droughts Affect Groundwater Quality? A California Story
By Zeno Levy, USGS Research Geologist
PubTalk-01/2022: Species Here, Species There, Species, Species Everywhere - Why do Species live where they do?
linkSpecies Here, Species There, Species, Species Everywhere - Why do Species live where they do?
By Thomas Edwards, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Retired)
Professor Emeritus, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
PubTalk-01/2022: Species Here, Species There, Species, Species Everywhere - Why do Species live where they do?
linkSpecies Here, Species There, Species, Species Everywhere - Why do Species live where they do?
By Thomas Edwards, USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Retired)
Professor Emeritus, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University
PubTalk-11/2021: Busting Myths About One of the Largest Volcanic Systems in the World - The Top 10 Misconceptions about Yellowstone Volcanism
linkBusting Myths About One of the Largest Volcanic Systems in the World - The Top 10 Misconceptions about Yellowstone Volcanism
By Michael Poland, USGS Scientist-in-charge, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
PubTalk-11/2021: Busting Myths About One of the Largest Volcanic Systems in the World - The Top 10 Misconceptions about Yellowstone Volcanism
linkBusting Myths About One of the Largest Volcanic Systems in the World - The Top 10 Misconceptions about Yellowstone Volcanism
By Michael Poland, USGS Scientist-in-charge, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
PubTalk-10/2021: Zombie Salmon and Ghost Moose
Zombie Salmon and Ghost Moose - The Spooky Implications of Climate Change
By Laura Thompson & Abigail Lynch, USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center
Zombie Salmon and Ghost Moose - The Spooky Implications of Climate Change
By Laura Thompson & Abigail Lynch, USGS National Climate Adaptation Science Center
PubTalk - 9/2021: Modernizing the National Water Information System
Modernizing the National Water Information System: Charting the Course for Delivering Water Data in the 21st Century
By: Daniel Pearson, USGS NWIS Modernization Program Manager, Water Mission Area
Modernizing the National Water Information System: Charting the Course for Delivering Water Data in the 21st Century
By: Daniel Pearson, USGS NWIS Modernization Program Manager, Water Mission Area
PubTalk - 7/2021: Invasives - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese, Oh My!
Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
Title: Invasive Species - Lizards, Treesnakes, and Burmese Pythons, Oh My!
By Amy A. Yackel Adams and Andrea F. Currylow
PubTalk - 6/2021: Mount St. Helens Revisited
Title: Mount St. Helens Revisited: Lives Changed, Lessons Learned, and Legacies of the 1980 Eruptions
By Carolyn Driedger, USGS Hydrologist & Outreach Specialist
Title: Mount St. Helens Revisited: Lives Changed, Lessons Learned, and Legacies of the 1980 Eruptions
By Carolyn Driedger, USGS Hydrologist & Outreach Specialist
PubTalk 5/2021 - Where Earthquakes Hide in the Desert
Title: Where Earthquakes Hide in the Desert: What we've learned from recent fault ruptures in the western U.S.
By Austin J. Elliott, USGS Research Geologist
Title: Where Earthquakes Hide in the Desert: What we've learned from recent fault ruptures in the western U.S.
By Austin J. Elliott, USGS Research Geologist
PubTalk 4/2021 - From Data to Maps - The National Geospatial Program
Title: From Data to Maps The National Geospatial Program - the Nation's source for topographic information
By: Michael Tischler
- Responsibilities of a national mapping agency
- National elevation data
- National hydrography data
- Next-generation mapping products
Title: From Data to Maps The National Geospatial Program - the Nation's source for topographic information
By: Michael Tischler
- Responsibilities of a national mapping agency
- National elevation data
- National hydrography data
- Next-generation mapping products
PubTalk 3/2021 - A Jaguar's Field of Dreams
Title: A Jaguar's Field of Dreams - If you build it, they will come (& other lessons from the U.S. - Mexico border) By: Laura M.
Title: A Jaguar's Field of Dreams - If you build it, they will come (& other lessons from the U.S. - Mexico border) By: Laura M.
PubTalk 2/2020 — From California to Cambodia
From California to Cambodia - Surface Water Mapping Using Cloud-Based Remote Sensing (by Christopher Soulard, USGS Research Geographer)
From California to Cambodia - Surface Water Mapping Using Cloud-Based Remote Sensing (by Christopher Soulard, USGS Research Geographer)
PubTalk 1/2020 — The Rise of the USGS in Space Exploration
The Rise of the USGS in Space Exploration: How the Astrogeology Science Center is integral to the past, present, and future investigation of the Solar System.
By Justin J. Hagerty, Director of the Astrogeology Science Center
The Rise of the USGS in Space Exploration: How the Astrogeology Science Center is integral to the past, present, and future investigation of the Solar System.
By Justin J. Hagerty, Director of the Astrogeology Science Center
PubTalk 11/2019 —Sea-Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, Coastal Erosion
Title: Sea-Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, and Coastal Erosion ... How bad could it possibly be?
Title: Sea-Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, and Coastal Erosion ... How bad could it possibly be?
PubTalk 10/2019 — Remembering Loma Prieta Earthquake 30 Years Later
Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake 30 Years Late: Looking back to see how far we've come.
By: Tom Holzer, David Schwartz, Jessica Murray, and Annemarie Baltay
Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake 30 Years Late: Looking back to see how far we've come.
By: Tom Holzer, David Schwartz, Jessica Murray, and Annemarie Baltay
PubTalk 09/2019 — Bats in the West
Title: Bats in the West: Discoveries, Questions, and Future Research
By Gabriel A. Reyes, USGS Biologist
Title: Bats in the West: Discoveries, Questions, and Future Research
By Gabriel A. Reyes, USGS Biologist
PubTalk 08/2019 — Pliocene World
Title: Pliocene World: Earth's Climate 3 Million Years Ago and How it Relates to our Future
By Marci Robinson, USGS Research Geologist
Title: Pliocene World: Earth's Climate 3 Million Years Ago and How it Relates to our Future
By Marci Robinson, USGS Research Geologist
PubTalk 07/2019 — Taking the Pulse of Our Planet
Title: Taking the Pulse of our Planet: A 10-year status report from the USA National Phenology Network
Title: Taking the Pulse of our Planet: A 10-year status report from the USA National Phenology Network
PubTalk 06/2019 — USGS Fire Science
Title: USGS Fire Science: Understanding why wildlands burn and what can be done about it
Title: USGS Fire Science: Understanding why wildlands burn and what can be done about it
PubTalk 5/2019 - Rodgers Creek Fault
Title: New Mapping of the Rodgers Creek Fault: It's longer and more complex than we thought
Title: New Mapping of the Rodgers Creek Fault: It's longer and more complex than we thought
PubTalk 04/2019 - California's Ecosystems
Title: The Story of California's Changing Ecosystems: As observed from space
- How can we use images from space to help us understand changes to our coasts, rangelands, forests and wildlife habitats?
- How can they help to predict future changes?
- What more can we learn from advances in earth observing technologies?
Title: The Story of California's Changing Ecosystems: As observed from space
- How can we use images from space to help us understand changes to our coasts, rangelands, forests and wildlife habitats?
- How can they help to predict future changes?
- What more can we learn from advances in earth observing technologies?
PubTalk 3/2019 - Land Subsidence
Title: Land Subsidence: The Lowdown on the Draw-down
The link between groundwater use and sinking landscapes
Title: Land Subsidence: The Lowdown on the Draw-down
The link between groundwater use and sinking landscapes