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The hydrogeology training was held in August and September 2024 at the Kenya School of Government (KSG) in Mombasa. It covered the analysis of aquifer testing results and an introduction to groundwater and surface water field methods. The training consisted of a series of lectures and hands-on exercises. 

Director Applegate conversing with his Korean counterpart, President Kim from the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM).

The International Geological Congress 2024 held August 24-30 in Busan, Republic of Korea provided a unique opportunity for bilateral meetings to explore opportunities for collaboration.

The USGS Delegation visiting the APEC Climate Center in Busan, Korea. Nine individuals from the USGS and APEC, including Dave Applegate and Bill Cunningham, stand in front of the modern APEC building.

Eight U.S. International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) Delegates (from the USGS, GSA, AGI, and academia) stand with the banner and sign at the International Geological Congress 2024 held August 24-30 in Busan, Republic of Korea. 

The 2024 International Geologic Congress sign placed in front of a display skeleton of a long-necked dinosaur. The International Geological Congress 2024 was held August 24-30 in Busan, Republic of Korea.

USGS scientist Christine DeVera at the USGS booth at the International Geological Congress 2024 held August 24-30 in Busan, Republic of Korea.

Trainees displaying their completion certificates from Capacity Building classes (Remote Sensing and Hydrogeology) at ICPAC, Ngong Town, Kenya.

Coral reef fish assemblage in the Kealakekua Bay Marine Life Conservation District off the leeward side of Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiʻi on 11 November 2016.

Matthew Andersen, USGS, and the Director General of Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Sefanaia Nawadra, at the 4th Pacific Ocean Pacific Climate Change Conference, sponsored by SPREP, the National University of Samoa, and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 20-24 May 2024.

USGS and the National Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding on March 12, 2024, in Reston, Virginia, for earth science cooperation.

USGS scientists mapping vegetation and land use in Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico, as part of a joint project to understand the impacts of installing natural infrastructure in dryland streams (NIDS), structures made from rock, sandbags and wood, meant

A student chalkboard word cloud at the Caminos Del Agua Water Festival, Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Víctor Sevilla Unda, Autonomous University of Baja California Sur)

Scientists monitoring a shallow groundwater well in Los Planes watershed, Baja California Sur, Mexico. (Laura Norman, USGS)

Erosion on the Rio Coca and its tributary, the Rio Loco (foreground), after a waterfall collapse, Ecuador. (Molly Wood, USGS)

Rio Coca, Ecuador, near current (January, 2024) location of the erosion front, which is migrating upstream toward the intake of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydropower facility. (Molly Wood, USGS)

The international, interagency team during a field site visit to the Río Coca, January 24, 2024. The team includes members from the Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC), US Army Corps of Engineers, and USGS. (Pablo Espinoza, Electric Corp. Ecuador (CELEC))

Erosion on the Río Coca upstream of the former San Rafael waterfall site, Ecuador, showing a newly opened canyon that has formed since 2020. (Molly Wood, USGS) 
  

Erosion in the Río Coca valley upstream of the former waterfall location, showing major damage to the roadway over the Río Marker, a tributary to the Río Loco, and temporary roadway access bridge. (Molly Wood, USGS)

Damage to the E45 road caused by valley-wall erosion following the 2020 failure of a lava dam, Rio Coca valley, Ecuador, January 2024. (Amy East, USGS)

Dr. Cliff Taylor in field with colleagues of the Botswana Geoscience, eastern Botswana.