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USGS scientists and technicians took water measurements during flooding on the Big Sioux River near Jefferson, SD in March 2019. Measurements for this site were 52,000 cfs at a gage height of 40.14 ft.
USGS scientists and technicians took water measurements during flooding on the Big Sioux River near Jefferson, SD in March 2019. Measurements for this site were 52,000 cfs at a gage height of 40.14 ft.
USGS technician Chris Broz helps take water measurements on the Big Sioux River during record flooding in March, 2019.
USGS technician Chris Broz helps take water measurements on the Big Sioux River during record flooding in March, 2019.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding on the Big Sioux River, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
USGS technician Chris Broz helps take water measurements on the Big Sioux River during record flooding in March, 2019.
USGS technician Chris Broz helps take water measurements on the Big Sioux River during record flooding in March, 2019.
After record flooding in the Midwest, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
After record flooding in the Midwest, USGS crews mobilized to take important water measurements.
USGS scientists and technicians took water measurements during flooding on the Big Sioux River near Hawarden, Iowa in March 2019.
USGS scientists and technicians took water measurements during flooding on the Big Sioux River near Hawarden, Iowa in March 2019.
USGS Dakota Water Science Center hydrologic technician Mark Brazones is using a handheld acoustic meter to measure the road overflow at the James River near Forestburg, SD.
USGS Dakota Water Science Center hydrologic technician Mark Brazones is using a handheld acoustic meter to measure the road overflow at the James River near Forestburg, SD.
After Hurricane Michael obliterated Fish Inn, the sea turtle research team's field station, team members salvaged some of the building's floor tiles and made this sea turtle mosaic, which they plan to eventually install in a new field station.
After Hurricane Michael obliterated Fish Inn, the sea turtle research team's field station, team members salvaged some of the building's floor tiles and made this sea turtle mosaic, which they plan to eventually install in a new field station.
Figure 3: Zooming in and rotating scene in 3D from figure 2. Points coloer by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).
Figure 3: Zooming in and rotating scene in 3D from figure 2. Points coloer by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).
Figure 2: Zooming in to red rectangle A from figure 1. Points colored by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).
Figure 2: Zooming in to red rectangle A from figure 1. Points colored by laser intensity (blue = low intensity, red = high intensity).
Heavy rainfall reactivated the 9 acre Howard Gap Landslide in February 2019, severely damaging a highway in Polk County, NC. This image only shows a small portion of a much larger landslide.
Heavy rainfall reactivated the 9 acre Howard Gap Landslide in February 2019, severely damaging a highway in Polk County, NC. This image only shows a small portion of a much larger landslide.
Conducting field work after Hurricane Irma on Bob Allen Key in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, January 29, 2018. Lynn Wingard (left) and Miriam Jones (right) consult field notes from 2014 to decide where to take samples. Photo: B. Stackhouse, USGS
Conducting field work after Hurricane Irma on Bob Allen Key in Florida Bay, Everglades National Park, January 29, 2018. Lynn Wingard (left) and Miriam Jones (right) consult field notes from 2014 to decide where to take samples. Photo: B. Stackhouse, USGS
Miriam Jones holding a peat core that was extracted from a thawed permafrost bog at the Alaska Permafrost Experiment (APEX) site at Bonanza Creek LTER, Alaska. The boundary between the formerly frozen permafrost plateau and thawed bog is visible in the peat stratigraphy, with the light-colored peat indicated thawed bog.
Miriam Jones holding a peat core that was extracted from a thawed permafrost bog at the Alaska Permafrost Experiment (APEX) site at Bonanza Creek LTER, Alaska. The boundary between the formerly frozen permafrost plateau and thawed bog is visible in the peat stratigraphy, with the light-colored peat indicated thawed bog.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Map of Alaska showing probability (%) of change occurrence. Insets show fire boundaries from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Large Fire Database and Landsat 8 imagery (bottom right; 2016) north of Fairbanks, Alaska.
The nighttime Oakland city skyline as seen from San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the foreground
The nighttime Oakland city skyline as seen from San Francisco with the Bay Bridge in the foreground
Flames from the Woodbury Fire rise above Tonto National Monument.
Flames from the Woodbury Fire rise above Tonto National Monument.
A sea otter mother feeds her pup in Glacier Bay, Alaska. USGS researchers study sea otter distribution and abundance in Alaska and other parts of the country.
A sea otter mother feeds her pup in Glacier Bay, Alaska. USGS researchers study sea otter distribution and abundance in Alaska and other parts of the country.
Maintenance of a high-quality ShakeAlert sensors, power and telemetry stations in Portland, OR.
Maintenance of a high-quality ShakeAlert sensors, power and telemetry stations in Portland, OR.