Videos

--updating earthquake prediction--fact vs. fiction

by Susan Hough, USGS Seismologist 

America has questions about climate change, and the USGS has real answers. In this episode of Climate Connections, USGS scientists answer questions gathered from middle and high school students in Mt. Airy, NC.

New research indicates that birds are listening to the landscape to find their way

By Jon Hagstrum, Research Geophysicist

Stream gaging occurring in Winslow: Clear Creek and Little Colorado River.

An overview of the Natural Hazards Mission Area that asks, "What should Natural Hazards focus on in its strategy?"

-predicting the impact of extreme storms on the California Coast

By Patrick Barnard, USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center

Is Sequestration Necessary? Can We Do It at an Acceptable Total Cost?

By Yousif Kharaka, USGS National Research Program

America has questions about climate change, and the USGS has real answers. Climate Connections is a USGS video series in which some of the world's leading scientists answer climate change questions gathered across the Nation.

America has questions about climate change, and the USGS has real answers. Climate Connections is a USGS video series in which some of the world's leading scientists answer climate change questions gathered across the Nation.

In order to study sea otters in the wild, research divers on the Pacific Nearshore Project must brave frigid waters from Alaska to California. Here's an explanation of how this special equipment works.

Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) jumping out of the Illinois River.

Jerry McMahon (USGS) and Karen DeBaker, Communications Supervisor with Clean Water Services of Portland Oregon, discuss effective science communication.

Jerry McMahon (US Geological Survey) and Viveck Shandas (Portland State University) summarize important points on science communication.

Jerry McMahon (USGS) and Karen DeBaker, Communications Supervisor with Clean Water Services of Portland Oregon, offer communication advice for scientists.

Jerry McMahon (U.S. Geological Survey) and Viveck Shandas (Portland State University) discuss science communication.

-- the contrasting stories of two recent spectacular eruptions

by Stephanie Prejean, USGS Alaska Volcano Observatory

Monitoring the Earth's Landscape with Low-Cost High-Tech

by Rian Bogle, Remote Sensing Specialist

- a new tool for river restoration

by Jonathan Warrick, Research Geologist

The video relates how a team of scientists conducted rapid response sampling of coastal environments before any oil had reached land, following up in October 2010 with post-landfall sampling for comparison.

- a journey through the landscape of Earth's greatest floods

by Richard Waitt, Geologist

A caldera is a large, usually circular volcanic depression formed when magma is withdrawn or erupted from a shallow underground magma reservoir. It is often difficult to visualize how calderas form. This simple experiment using flour, a balloon, tubing, and a bicycle pump, provides a helpful visualization for caldera formation.