Images

High resolution topographic lidar and imagery collected along western Alaska coast as part of the USGS Typhoon Merbok Disaster Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Satellite derived coastlines in western Alaska, collected as part of the USGS Typhoon Merbok Disaster Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Typhoon Merbok modeling sites in western Alaska, as part the USGS Typhoon Merbok Disaster Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Atmospheric pressure map of Typhoon Merbok in western Alaska on September 17, 2022.

Diagram of USGS-developed tools for Typhoon Merbok Disaster Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Perspective view of horizon mapping and fault attribute detection on two combined three-dimensional (3D) volumes located in the Santa Barbara Channel, offshore southern California. The horizons show various marker beds mapped throughout the volumes, providing insights into the 3D deformation patterns.

Map search display filtered to show recently added three-dimensional (3D) surveys, acquired between 1996 and 1998 within the Gulf of Mexico. These surveys were permitted over 25 years ago and are therefore eligible for public release. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management protraction areas are labeled.

Damage to the E45 road caused by valley-wall erosion following the 2020 failure of a lava dam, Rio Coca valley, Ecuador, January 2024. (Amy East, USGS)

Map showing location of Milbanke Sound and offshore study site at McGregor Cone, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Diagram of glaciation and glaciovolcanism at Milbanke Sound, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Aerial view of Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing coastal mountains along the Queen Charlotte Fault zone.

Subsidence area exposure for counties on the US east coast. A) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < 0 mm per year. B) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −1 mm per year. C) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −2 mm per year. D) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −3 mm per year.

Animated GIF showing waves breaking over a coral reef from above, illustrating how reefs act as natural breakwaters that dissipate wave energy.

Slope map of the Kaweah and Kings River drainage basins in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, from the study Impacts of spontaneous waterfall development on bedrock river longitudinal profile morphology.

(A) Cryosphere coverage and decadal hydroclimatic change rates in the glacial basin (Xiehela at Tien Shan), nival basin (Qiaqiga at Tien Shan), pluvial basin (Yingluoxia at Qilian Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau), and mixed-regime basin (Qiemo at Kunlun Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau).

Staff profile photo of Maria Figueroa Matias, Chemical Oceanographer at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Winter sunset in Santa Cruz, California, near the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Cover of Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center General Information Product, released on December 1, 2023.

Hydrothermal chimneys at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Collecting rock samples from the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, during the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Tubeworms found at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping, in October-November 2023.