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Young moose near Benoit, Minnesota, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Ephemeral wetlands at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Northward view in central Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area near the Sadlerochit River showing gently rolling topography typical of the southern coastal plain and meandering creek.

Northward view towards Kaktovik from southeastern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area. Location is along Sabbath Creek, a tributary of the Jago River.

Well head of Sourdough oil discovery on Alaska state lease less than one mile west of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area showing minimal disturbance of permafrost polygons.   

Sandhill Crane Pair in flight at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Arizona is blessed with many natural wonders including the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell/Rainbow Bridge, Petrified Forest/Painted Desert, Monument Valley, Meteor Crater, and Superstition Mountain.

Capital Phoenix

Image Source Landsat 8

Population 7,151,502

Barred Tiger Salamander Paedomorph, Cottonwood Lake Study Area, North Dakota. Some barred tiger salamanders never metamorphose and keep their larval features (e.g., gills, finlike tail) their whole lives as reproductively mature adults known as paedomorphs, which can grow to be 14 inches in length.

Animated GIF of a baby tortoise hatching out of its shell. Pulled from "The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival" video by Stephen M. Wessells.

Gas hydrate is sometimes called “the ice that burns” because the warming hydrates release enough methane to sustain a flame. Credit: USGS

View to the northeast towards Camden Bay from west-central Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area. The tundra and lakes in this area displays a variety of patterns caused by permafrost.

Northward view in central Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area near the Sadlerochit River showing gently rolling topography typical of the southern coastal plain.

These images show grass carp larvae from the Maumee River. Characteristics of larval grass carp include overall length (left), skeletal muscle development (center) and presence of an eye spot that lacks pigmentation (right; pigment starting to develop on lower eye).

Bumble bee landing on a cone flower provided by USGS Ecosystems Mission Area. 

Photograph showing USGS employees on State Highway 104 near the Arkansas River near Haskell, Oklahoma, streamgage (07165570). Photograph by Kevin Smith, U.S. Geological Survey.

 U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1090

USGS hydrologist Tim Cowdery titrates water alkalinity in a mobile sampling van using an electronic field form.

Beach-ridge prairie at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

USGS technician Jody Hulne collects a groundwater nutrient sample at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge.

Danaus plexippus. The Monarch Butterfly. Maryland.

Water collected from the lake at the bottom of Halema‘uma‘u is prepared for laboratory analyses at the USGS California Volcano Observatory. Results thus far reveal chemistry indicative of complex reactions among the water, magmatic gases and Kīlauea's basaltic rocks. 

The sampling mechanism (on blue tarp) is prepared and the Unoccupied Aircraft System (UAS) is inspected just before take off to collect water from the Halema‘uma‘u crater lake. Brightly colored flagging tape tied to a cable attached to the UAS indicated depth as the sampling tool was lowered into the water.