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The USGS Puerto Rico Landslide Susceptibility Map provides an interactive tool to assess landslide risk in Puerto Rico from low susceptibility to extremely high.
The USGS Puerto Rico Landslide Susceptibility Map provides an interactive tool to assess landslide risk in Puerto Rico from low susceptibility to extremely high.
In collaboration with the National Park Service, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Vesta Corporation, the Environmental Geosciences group researched a new approach to climate change mitigation. The team led an experiment at the Herring River site as a first examination.
In collaboration with the National Park Service, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Vesta Corporation, the Environmental Geosciences group researched a new approach to climate change mitigation. The team led an experiment at the Herring River site as a first examination.
The USGS Latest Earthquakes Map provides is an interactive tool that provides detailed information about the latest earthquakes worldwide.
The USGS Latest Earthquakes Map provides is an interactive tool that provides detailed information about the latest earthquakes worldwide.
The USGS National Water Dashboard provides real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, water quality and groundwater station in context with current weather and hazard conditions.
The USGS National Water Dashboard provides real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, water quality and groundwater station in context with current weather and hazard conditions.
Completed landslide monitoring station at Adjuntas, Puerto Rico among the palms.
Completed landslide monitoring station at Adjuntas, Puerto Rico among the palms.
Completed landslide monitoring station at Adjuntas, Puerto Rico among the palms. One of the sites in the Puerto Rico Landslide Monitoring Network.
Completed landslide monitoring station at Adjuntas, Puerto Rico among the palms. One of the sites in the Puerto Rico Landslide Monitoring Network.
Kelli Baxstrom wires sensors to a datalogger after sensors are installed underground at the Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, landslide monitoring site, part of the Puerto Rico Landslide Monitoring Network.
Kelli Baxstrom wires sensors to a datalogger after sensors are installed underground at the Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, landslide monitoring site, part of the Puerto Rico Landslide Monitoring Network.
Triptych of images showing wildfire, roadside flooding, and the Big Sur coastline in California.
Triptych of images showing wildfire, roadside flooding, and the Big Sur coastline in California.
The wee strand is a beach along the head of of Loch Indaal, Scotland. Loch Indaal is an ocean bay on Islay, the southernmost island of the Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.
The wee strand is a beach along the head of of Loch Indaal, Scotland. Loch Indaal is an ocean bay on Islay, the southernmost island of the Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.
This is a coloring page for the USGS I Am A... career series depicting a Volcanologist.
This is a coloring page for the USGS I Am A... career series depicting a Volcanologist.
Vehicles drive on interstate I-70 in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive debris flows buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Vehicles drive on interstate I-70 in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive debris flows buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Debris flow in Glenwood Canyon during the summer of 2021. This event followed the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.
Debris flow in Glenwood Canyon during the summer of 2021. This event followed the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.
Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive debris flows buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. In the summer of 2021, travelers in Colorado's Glenwood Canyon were safely evacuated before massive debris flows buried highways and destroyed bridges, thanks to a debris flow warning system developed in part by the U.S. Geological Survey.
USGS scientist assesses debris flow in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. This post-wildfire debris flow follows the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire.
USGS scientist assesses debris flow in Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. This post-wildfire debris flow follows the 2020 Grizzly Creek Fire.
Locations of Puerto Rico’s North Coast Aqueduct interconnections and water transferred, in million gallons per day (Mgal/d) in 2015.
Locations of Puerto Rico’s North Coast Aqueduct interconnections and water transferred, in million gallons per day (Mgal/d) in 2015.
Scientists assess post wildfire debris flow following the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire.
Scientists assess post wildfire debris flow following the 2020 Grizzly Creek fire.
USGS scientist cuts open core taken in the field to sample soils and vegetation for chemical analysis.
USGS scientist cuts open core taken in the field to sample soils and vegetation for chemical analysis.
Denis Staley stands on a rock formation in Alaska. He is a landslide hazard researcher based out of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
Denis Staley stands on a rock formation in Alaska. He is a landslide hazard researcher based out of the Alaska Volcano Observatory.
Kelli Baxstrom excavates a pit for sensor installation at a monitoring site in Maricao, Puerto Rico.
Kelli Baxstrom excavates a pit for sensor installation at a monitoring site in Maricao, Puerto Rico.
USGS Geologists R. Sickler, J. Willard, and B. Philibosian observe as an excavator digs a pit used to investigate sediments uplifted by active tectonic activity in the San Joaquin – Sacramento Delta, California, November 29, 2021.
USGS Geologists R. Sickler, J. Willard, and B. Philibosian observe as an excavator digs a pit used to investigate sediments uplifted by active tectonic activity in the San Joaquin – Sacramento Delta, California, November 29, 2021.
A telephoto view of the west vent along the western wall of Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea. On November 9, spatter bursts in the west vent cone triggered sloshing on the surface of the ponded lava. Spatter was thrown about 6–9 m (20–30 ft) above the pond surface and occasionally deposited onto the rim of the cone.
A telephoto view of the west vent along the western wall of Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea. On November 9, spatter bursts in the west vent cone triggered sloshing on the surface of the ponded lava. Spatter was thrown about 6–9 m (20–30 ft) above the pond surface and occasionally deposited onto the rim of the cone.