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Upper Midwest Water Science Center images.
A USGS Hydrologic Technician works on equipment inside a monitoring location housing in knee-deep snow. A snowmobile with a basket of gear on the back rests alongside. The housing is in a forest clearing, surrounded by pine trees with a gray sky overhead.
46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco) - USGS-462159084442201
A USGS Hydrologic Technician works on equipment inside a monitoring location housing in knee-deep snow. A snowmobile with a basket of gear on the back rests alongside. The housing is in a forest clearing, surrounded by pine trees with a gray sky overhead.
46N 04W 24DAAD01 Chippewa CO (Raco) - USGS-462159084442201
Streamgage 04045500 Tahquamenon River Near Paradise, Michigan, covered in snow on a December day.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04045500/
Streamgage 04045500 Tahquamenon River Near Paradise, Michigan, covered in snow on a December day.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/04045500/
This gouache painting is of a sign located near Horn Creek in the Grand Canyon. The Creek is contaminated with high levels of Uranium. Sign states: "Horn Creek, Danger, Contaminated Water, Do Not Drink! Water in Horn Creek exceeds EPA health standards for radioactivity".
This gouache painting is of a sign located near Horn Creek in the Grand Canyon. The Creek is contaminated with high levels of Uranium. Sign states: "Horn Creek, Danger, Contaminated Water, Do Not Drink! Water in Horn Creek exceeds EPA health standards for radioactivity".
This is a photo of a filtration apparatus being used for microplastics analysis, November 2024.
This is a photo of a filtration apparatus being used for microplastics analysis, November 2024.
Dark field microscope from the manuscript, " a) A dark-field image of 1.5 µm PS LMMPs on a 0.4 μm PCTE membrane sensor. b) A Raman map of PS acquired by tracking its Raman band at 996 cm-1
Dark field microscope from the manuscript, " a) A dark-field image of 1.5 µm PS LMMPs on a 0.4 μm PCTE membrane sensor. b) A Raman map of PS acquired by tracking its Raman band at 996 cm-1
Top view of Havasupai Falls, its aquamarine colored water is highly recognizable and it is a site of tribal, cultural, and recreational significance to the greater Grand Canyon region.
Top view of Havasupai Falls, its aquamarine colored water is highly recognizable and it is a site of tribal, cultural, and recreational significance to the greater Grand Canyon region.
USGS scientist, Grace Armstrong, training a scientist in Accra, Ghana on proper mercury sampling techniques as part of a U.S. State Department Embassy Fellowship Program.
USGS scientist, Grace Armstrong, training a scientist in Accra, Ghana on proper mercury sampling techniques as part of a U.S. State Department Embassy Fellowship Program.
Cyanobacteria bloom in a shallow Michigan lake during the fall of 2024. Photo by Leon Katona
Cyanobacteria bloom in a shallow Michigan lake during the fall of 2024. Photo by Leon Katona
Tahquamenon River at streamgage 04045500 Tahquamenon River Near Paradise, Michigan, in autumn.
Tahquamenon River at streamgage 04045500 Tahquamenon River Near Paradise, Michigan, in autumn.
USGS scientists aboard a sediment sampling vessel on the Rainy River, Minnesota, preparing for a day of sampling.
USGS scientists aboard a sediment sampling vessel on the Rainy River, Minnesota, preparing for a day of sampling.
Two USGS scientists measuring water quality along the Rainy River and at its mouth in Four-Mile Bay, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, to study how phosphorus stored in sediment may be interacting with river water and potentially contributing to problematic algal blooms in Lake of the Woods.
Two USGS scientists measuring water quality along the Rainy River and at its mouth in Four-Mile Bay, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota, to study how phosphorus stored in sediment may be interacting with river water and potentially contributing to problematic algal blooms in Lake of the Woods.
Hydrologic Technician Ryan Ennis and Physical Scientist Kathryn Johncock collect fish from Underwood Creek in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, using a backpack shocker. The backpack shocker is used to sample fish via electrofishing.
Hydrologic Technician Ryan Ennis and Physical Scientist Kathryn Johncock collect fish from Underwood Creek in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, using a backpack shocker. The backpack shocker is used to sample fish via electrofishing.
Large volume surface water collections for mercury isotopes in Lake Erie on the US EPA research vessel Lake Explorer II.
Large volume surface water collections for mercury isotopes in Lake Erie on the US EPA research vessel Lake Explorer II.
A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
A Hydrologic Imagery Visualization and Information System (HIVIS) camera in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, at Grand Avenue overlooking the Chippewa River.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center and Michigan Bacteriological Research Lab (MI-BaRL) Supervisory Research Hydrologist, Carrie Givens, shows Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland a cyanobacteria culture grown from Lake Superior water.
Upper Midwest Water Science Center and Michigan Bacteriological Research Lab (MI-BaRL) Supervisory Research Hydrologist, Carrie Givens, shows Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland a cyanobacteria culture grown from Lake Superior water.
Hydrologic technicians Garret Welsh (pictured) and Patrick Farrell (photo credit) made a discharge measurement using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at streamgage 05320000, Blue Earth River at Rapidan, Minnesota above the failing Rapidan Dam at 1:33 pm on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
Hydrologic technicians Garret Welsh (pictured) and Patrick Farrell (photo credit) made a discharge measurement using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) at streamgage 05320000, Blue Earth River at Rapidan, Minnesota above the failing Rapidan Dam at 1:33 pm on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.
Biologist Leon Katona collects a water sample on the Fox River, Wisconsin as part of a sampling effort using the Fast Limnological Automated Measurements (FLAMe) platform.
Biologist Leon Katona collects a water sample on the Fox River, Wisconsin as part of a sampling effort using the Fast Limnological Automated Measurements (FLAMe) platform.
Cyanobacteria bloom near the shoreline of North Bar Lake in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan during the fall of 2024.
Cyanobacteria bloom near the shoreline of North Bar Lake in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan during the fall of 2024.
Microscope image of cyanobacteria (Microcystis sp.) collected from Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, June 23, 2024. Photo by Leon Katona
Microscope image of cyanobacteria (Microcystis sp.) collected from Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, June 23, 2024. Photo by Leon Katona
USGS water data expert Garret Welsh measures water flow in the pouring rain at the Straight River near Faribault, Minnesota. This measurement recorded the 6th highest flow in the station's 59-year history, highlighting the severity of current flood conditions. Such data is crucial for emergency managers and forecasters to protect communities at risk.
USGS water data expert Garret Welsh measures water flow in the pouring rain at the Straight River near Faribault, Minnesota. This measurement recorded the 6th highest flow in the station's 59-year history, highlighting the severity of current flood conditions. Such data is crucial for emergency managers and forecasters to protect communities at risk.
A small flock of brown and golden laying hens (chickens), on a farm in the Upper Midwest.
A small flock of brown and golden laying hens (chickens), on a farm in the Upper Midwest.