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Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.

OceanScience, Inc. designed alternative boat.

Aerial photo of ʻōhiʻa forest on Hawaii Island, including dieback resulting from Rapid Ohia Death.

ʻŌhiʻa seedlings in dibble tubes, prior to planting.

Oil-saturated Miocene or younger sandstone in the Sagavanirktok Formation exposed at Angun Point on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, northeastern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area.

Oil-saturated Miocene or younger sandstone in the Sagavanirktok Formation exposed at Angun Point on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, northeastern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area.

Geologists examine oil-saturated Oligocene sandstone in the Sagavanirktok Formation exposed on Marsh Creek anticline near Katakturuk River in western Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area. Weathered surfaces are light gray and freshly broken surfaces are brown.

Geologists examine oil-saturated sand (unconsolidated), sandstone (dark orange-brown rocks), and concretions (light orange rocks) along the Jago River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-1002 Area, about 18 miles southeast of Kaktovik.  

Northeast Region Photo Contest, August 2019, Where We Work
Patapsco above Elkridge, MD

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | Oct. 2019 | Where We Work
Penobscot River above Millinocket

Example of a camera system that will be tested to measure water level and surface velocity at the East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown, PA.

USGS scientists load and check the mission path onto an Ecomapper autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), while other crew members collect vertical profile information using a multiple-parameter water-quality meter. This technology is part of the

Photo of a newly installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera installed on the USGS Platte Kill at Dunraven NY streamgage in the Neversink River watershed.

Panoramic view of pipeline constuction in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

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

Beach-ridge prairie at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Prairie Dog, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

6" PVC pipe is weighted to allow an ADVM/ADCP to be deployed in a vertical or "uplooker" configuration.

2" aluminum pipe, structural pipe fittings, and square tubing are utilized to create a dock servicable uplooking ADVM mount.

Photo Contest Winner | Nov. 2019 | USGS at Work
Randy Orndorff examines limestone on Lake Champlain, VT

Red plumes burst out from the tops of these chemosynthetic tubeworms, capturing hydrogen sulfide and oxygen from the surrounding water to feed their bacterial endosymbionts. The tubeworm tubes provide a habitat for several benthic animals, including the pale pink branching octocorals seen here