Visualizing Past, Present, and Future Earthquakes
USGS scientists David Schwartz, Heather Lackey, Luke Blair, and Scott Haefner take you on a virtual tour of the Bay Area's most urbanized fault
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 4/2008 — The Hayward Fault in Google Earth
Visualizing Past, Present, and Future Earthquakes
USGS scientists David Schwartz, Heather Lackey, Luke Blair, and Scott Haefner take you on a virtual tour of the Bay Area's most urbanized fault
PubTalk 3/2008 — Wetland Revival
Restoring San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds to Wetlands Habitat
A video production introduced and discussed by Steven E. Schwarzbach, Director, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
Restoring San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds to Wetlands Habitat
A video production introduced and discussed by Steven E. Schwarzbach, Director, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
PubTalk 2/2008 — Alaska's Rivers of Ice
USGS scientist Bruce Molnia, discusses the impact of changing climate and conditions on Earth's glaciers
By Bruce Molnia, Geologist
See excerpts from this full-length film feature showing:
USGS scientist Bruce Molnia, discusses the impact of changing climate and conditions on Earth's glaciers
By Bruce Molnia, Geologist
See excerpts from this full-length film feature showing:
PubTalk 1/2008 — The Indonesian Mud Crisis
Long-lived mud "eruption" inundates housing and infrastructure
By Thomas J. Casadevall, Geologist
Long-lived mud "eruption" inundates housing and infrastructure
By Thomas J. Casadevall, Geologist
PubTalk 12/2007 — Exploring Antarctica's Frozen Frontier
The USGS Antarctic Program from the 1957 International
Geophysical Year to the 2007 International Polar Year
By Jerry Mullins, Coordinator, USGS Antarctic, Arctic and Canadian Programs
and John Behrendt, USGS Geophysicist Emeritus
The USGS Antarctic Program from the 1957 International
Geophysical Year to the 2007 International Polar Year
By Jerry Mullins, Coordinator, USGS Antarctic, Arctic and Canadian Programs
and John Behrendt, USGS Geophysicist Emeritus
PubTalk 11/2007 — Disasters, Dust, .... and Danger?
Using geoscience to help understand whether health risks lurk in particles produced by disasters
By Geoff Plumlee, Research Geochemist
Using geoscience to help understand whether health risks lurk in particles produced by disasters
By Geoff Plumlee, Research Geochemist
PubTalk 10/2007 — Fire As An Ecosystem Process
Past, Present, And Future
By Jon E. Keeley, Research Ecologist
Past, Present, And Future
By Jon E. Keeley, Research Ecologist
PubTalk 9/2007 — A Tale of Two Kelp Forests
Sea Otters and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Aleutians and the Commander Islands
By Tim Tinker, Research Biologist, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sea Otters and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Aleutians and the Commander Islands
By Tim Tinker, Research Biologist, University of California, Santa Cruz
PubTalk 8/2007 — Dark Holes in Muir's "Range of Light"
Insights from southern Sierra Nevada caves and karst
By John C. Tinsley, Geologist
Insights from southern Sierra Nevada caves and karst
By John C. Tinsley, Geologist
PubTalk 7/2007 — Plate Tectonics in Action
Exploring the Earth with the new edition of This Dynamic Planet map and Web site
By Robert Tilling, Volcanologist, and Stephen Kirby, Earthquake Geophysicist
Exploring the Earth with the new edition of This Dynamic Planet map and Web site
By Robert Tilling, Volcanologist, and Stephen Kirby, Earthquake Geophysicist
PubTalk 6/2007 — Adventures in Southwest Geology
Exploring the colorful southern Colorado Plateau in 3-D
By Philip Stoffer, Geologist
Take a colorful tour with the help of 3-D photography through some of the region's highlights:
Exploring the colorful southern Colorado Plateau in 3-D
By Philip Stoffer, Geologist
Take a colorful tour with the help of 3-D photography through some of the region's highlights:
PubTalk 5/2007 — Alchemy in the Abyss
Probing the mysteries of deep-ocean minerals
By James R. Hein, Marine Geologist
Probing the mysteries of deep-ocean minerals
By James R. Hein, Marine Geologist
PubTalk 4/2007 — Shock Waves
How the 1906 earthquake shook up California and science
A presentation of the award-winning USGS Video Shock Waves introduced by David Schwartz, Earthquake Geologist
How the 1906 earthquake shook up California and science
A presentation of the award-winning USGS Video Shock Waves introduced by David Schwartz, Earthquake Geologist
PubTalk 3/2007 — Impact!
Piecing together the story of a giant meteorite crater beneath the Atlantic coast
By David S. Powars, Geologist, and R.D. Catchings, Geophysicist
Piecing together the story of a giant meteorite crater beneath the Atlantic coast
By David S. Powars, Geologist, and R.D. Catchings, Geophysicist
PubTalk 2/2007 — Riding the Storm
Landslide Danger in the Bay Area Hills
Landslide Danger in the Bay Area Hills
PubTalk 1/2007 — The Hidden World of the Golden Gate
How tides, currents, and humans have created an array of sea-floor features
By Patrick Barnard, Marine Geologist, and Peter Dartnell, Physical Scientist
How tides, currents, and humans have created an array of sea-floor features
By Patrick Barnard, Marine Geologist, and Peter Dartnell, Physical Scientist
PubTalk 12/2006 — The Mojave National Preserve
Geology and Water Shape Desert Plant Communities
by David Miller, Geologist and John Nimmo, Soil Hydrologist
Geology and Water Shape Desert Plant Communities
by David Miller, Geologist and John Nimmo, Soil Hydrologist
PubTalk 12/2006 - Mojave
Title: The Mojave National Preserve: Geology and Water Shape Desert Plant Communities
Title: The Mojave National Preserve: Geology and Water Shape Desert Plant Communities
PubTalk 11/2006 — Drills, Spills, and Chills
The inside story on USGS estimates of Alaskan oil and gas resources
by Ken Bird and Rick Stanley, Geologists
The inside story on USGS estimates of Alaskan oil and gas resources
by Ken Bird and Rick Stanley, Geologists
PubTalk 10/2006 — The Parkfield 2004 Earthquake
Lessons From the Best-Recorded Quake in History
by Andy Michael, Geophysicist
Lessons From the Best-Recorded Quake in History
by Andy Michael, Geophysicist
PubTalk 9/2006 — Water Odysseys
Surface-water and ground-water flow in the Santa Clara Valley
by Randall T. Hanson, Research Hydrologist
Surface-water and ground-water flow in the Santa Clara Valley
by Randall T. Hanson, Research Hydrologist