Images

Aerial view of a gas flux tower in Great Barnstable Marsh in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

 Research scientist Meagan Gonneea and USGS intern Angela Trejo survey the Jones River in Kingston, MA. Removal of a dam across the Jones River began July 15, 2019, as a first step to restore river habitat, which is particularly critical for herring passage from the sea to inland lakes for spawning.

The AIM (Aerial Imaging and Mapping group) collected UAS imagery for scientists at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) from the Plum Island estuary in Rowley MA.  Inke Forbrich from MBL will lead the analysis looking at the reflectance index NDVI for vegetation surrounding a gas flux tower installed in t

The AIM (Aerial Imaging and Mapping group) collected UAS imagery for scientists at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) from the Plum Island estuary in Rowley MA.  Inke Forbrich from MBL will lead the analysis looking at the reflectance index NDVI for vegetation surrounding a gas flux tower installed in t

The AIM (Aerial Imaging and Mapping group) collected UAS imagery for scientists at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) from the Plum Island estuary in Rowley MA.  Inke Forbrich from MBL will lead the analysis looking at the reflectance index NDVI for vegetation surrounding a gas flux tower installed in t

The AIM (Aerial Imaging and Mapping group) collected UAS imagery for scientists at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) from the Plum Island estuary in Rowley MA.  Inke Forbrich from MBL will lead the analysis looking at the reflectance index NDVI for vegetation surrounding a gas flux tower installed in t

The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center annually hosts children and culture keepers from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Preserving Our Homelands summer camp for a field trip focused on introducing the students to Cape Cod geology and hydrology through an informational talk and guided exploration of distinctive glacial landforms in the Beebe Woods conservatio

The AIM (Aerial Imaging and Mapping group) collected UAS imagery for scientists at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) from the Plum Island estuary in Rowley MA.  Inke Forbrich from MBL will lead the analysis looking at the reflectance index NDVI for vegetation surrounding a gas flux tower installed in t

The AIM (Aerial Imaging and Mapping group) collected UAS imagery for scientists at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) from the Plum Island estuary in Rowley MA.  Inke Forbrich from MBL will lead the analysis looking at the reflectance index NDVI for vegetation surrounding a gas flux tower installed in t

Data locations for Ice Island Arctic Ocean Heat Flow Studies

Two red sea urchins (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) sit on the deck of the R/V Falkor. These sea urchins were collected during the #HuntingBubbles research cruise led by the USGS and Schmidt Ocean Institute, which focused on exploring and understanding methane seeps and the communities that depend on them along the Cascadia Margin.

Bike path skirting cobbled beaches of Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Low-altitude aerial photograph of Plum Island, Massachusetts, , from USGS field activity 2019-009-FA.

 USGS unmanned aerial system (drone) pilot collecting aerial imagery and ground control points for the Coastal Resource Evaulation for Management Applications (CREMA) project on Dauphin Island, Alabama

Map showing the surficial geology from this study and Baldwin and others (2016) with equivalent onshore geology (adapted from Stone and DiGiacomo-Cohen, 2009). The areal extents over which offshore subsurface geologic units crop out at the sea floor were interpreted from seismic-reflection data.

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | February 2019 | Honorable Mention
Steve Suttles (L) and John Borden (R) onboard Muddy Waters research boat removing meter in Wellfleet, MA used to quantify critical sediment transport parameters of diverse wetland complexes within 4 NCBN parks in order to inform management efforts.

Waapumeequan (Rising Feather) and Neesweekokotywak (Two Crows), otherwise known as Kendall Currence and Troy Currence.

Observed water level data (red) at NOAA tide gage compared to stand-alone ocean model output (grey) and hydrology-ocean coupled model output (black). The model skill in simulating water level for compound flooding is significantly improved.

Animation showing contaminants entering the ocean through the large river discharge following Hurricane Florence (higher concentrations displayed with lighter color).

Image showing a collage of examples of multi-channel and single-channel seismic data collected by the USGS, seismic equipment deployed from a research vessel, and seismic equipment on a research vessel.  These data are critical to the CMG Program as they define the geology in marine and coastal environments.

The beach-dependent shorebirds project at the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center models current and future habitat availability for nesting shorebirds in an effort to map current and likely future habitat availability on a range of sites along the U.S. Atlantic coast.