USGS scientists collaborate with Sri Lankan scientists from the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) on the installation of rainfall and soil moisture instrumentation on an active landslide in southwest Sri Lanka. The station provides real-time data including rainfall and soil moisture content of an active landslide.
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USGS and NBRO Scientists in Sri Lanka
USGS scientists collaborate with Sri Lankan scientists from the National Building Research Organization (NBRO) on the installation of rainfall and soil moisture instrumentation on an active landslide in southwest Sri Lanka. The station provides real-time data including rainfall and soil moisture content of an active landslide.
Eyes on Earth Episode 9 – Famine Early Warning
Nearly 85 million people around the world are currently considered “food insecure,” and that figure continues to grow. Remote sensing technology enables scientists to feed data into the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which in turn can issue alerts that guide the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Nearly 85 million people around the world are currently considered “food insecure,” and that figure continues to grow. Remote sensing technology enables scientists to feed data into the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which in turn can issue alerts that guide the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Image of the Week - Fires in Lebanon
Wildfires burned across Lebanon in mid-October, 2019. A pair of images taken just ten days apart by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite show the burn scar from one of the larger wildfires. North of the fire scar is the country's capital, Beirut.
Wildfires burned across Lebanon in mid-October, 2019. A pair of images taken just ten days apart by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A satellite show the burn scar from one of the larger wildfires. North of the fire scar is the country's capital, Beirut.
Scientists necropsy Common Murres
USGS scientists Matthew Smith, Caitlin Marsteller, and Danielle Gerik necropsy Common Murres and harvest tissues to test for harmful algal bloom toxins.
USGS scientists Matthew Smith, Caitlin Marsteller, and Danielle Gerik necropsy Common Murres and harvest tissues to test for harmful algal bloom toxins.
Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s Cropland
Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s CroplandEvery year, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) uses data from satellites like Landsat to estimate crop types and crop yields in the United States. The result is the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), which offers an annual look at more than 100 crop categories across the country.
Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s Cropland
Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s CroplandEvery year, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) uses data from satellites like Landsat to estimate crop types and crop yields in the United States. The result is the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), which offers an annual look at more than 100 crop categories across the country.
Barred owl hooting
A video of a barred owl calling.
A video of a barred owl calling.
Ice Lake at dusk, looking north from the main outlet structure
Ice Lake at dusk, looking north from the main outlet structureIce Lake at dusk, looking north from the main outlet structure
Ice Lake at dusk, looking north from the main outlet structure
Ice Lake at dusk, looking north from the main outlet structureIce Lake at dusk, looking north from the main outlet structure
Removing HABS buoy from Washington Park Lake in Albany, NY
Removing HABS buoy from Washington Park Lake in Albany, NYPhoto Contest Winner | Jan. 2020 | USGS at Work
John Byrnes and Joshua Rosen prepare to remove HABS buoy from Washington Park Lake in Albany, NY
Removing HABS buoy from Washington Park Lake in Albany, NY
Removing HABS buoy from Washington Park Lake in Albany, NYPhoto Contest Winner | Jan. 2020 | USGS at Work
John Byrnes and Joshua Rosen prepare to remove HABS buoy from Washington Park Lake in Albany, NY
Retrieving a water quality monitoring buoy from Washington Park Lake
Retrieving a water quality monitoring buoy from Washington Park LakeJohn Byrnes and Josh Rosen prepare to retrieve a water quality monitoring buoy from Washington Park Lake, Albany, New York.
Retrieving a water quality monitoring buoy from Washington Park Lake
Retrieving a water quality monitoring buoy from Washington Park LakeJohn Byrnes and Josh Rosen prepare to retrieve a water quality monitoring buoy from Washington Park Lake, Albany, New York.
After collecting a sample from the well using the narrow sampler shown, HVO staf
After collecting a sample from the well using the narrow sampler shown, HVO stafAfter collecting a sample from the well using the narrow sampler shown, HVO staff transfer the water sample into a container. The water is collected periodically for chemical analyses so that changes in the water composition can be tracked. For more information about the Keller Well, please see HVO's Dec.
After collecting a sample from the well using the narrow sampler shown, HVO staf
After collecting a sample from the well using the narrow sampler shown, HVO stafAfter collecting a sample from the well using the narrow sampler shown, HVO staff transfer the water sample into a container. The water is collected periodically for chemical analyses so that changes in the water composition can be tracked. For more information about the Keller Well, please see HVO's Dec.
HVO monitoring equipment on the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘!
HVO monitoring equipment on the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘!The communications hub at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is precariously perched on the north rim, which is actively collapsing. This hub, and the PN cam behind the hub (to the left of image) will ultimately fall into the crater as the north rim continues to collapse.
HVO monitoring equipment on the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘!
HVO monitoring equipment on the north rim of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘!The communications hub at Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō is precariously perched on the north rim, which is actively collapsing. This hub, and the PN cam behind the hub (to the left of image) will ultimately fall into the crater as the north rim continues to collapse.
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001
Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.
Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001
Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.
Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.
Wintering Waterfowl at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Wintering Waterfowl at Sacramento National Wildlife RefugeIn this video, you can hear the honks and quacks of geese and ducks ring through the air, as birds fly in every direction above a wetland. This video was captured at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in November 2019, not long after geese and ducks began to arrive to spend the winter in the California Central Valley.
Wintering Waterfowl at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Wintering Waterfowl at Sacramento National Wildlife RefugeIn this video, you can hear the honks and quacks of geese and ducks ring through the air, as birds fly in every direction above a wetland. This video was captured at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge in November 2019, not long after geese and ducks began to arrive to spend the winter in the California Central Valley.
Arid grassland
Arid grasslands in the U.S. Mexico border are fire adapted and used by diverse groups. Science from the Southwest Biological Science Center and the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is helping these groups find common ground to manage this dynamic landscape.
Arid grasslands in the U.S. Mexico border are fire adapted and used by diverse groups. Science from the Southwest Biological Science Center and the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is helping these groups find common ground to manage this dynamic landscape.
Managing Fire on the US Mexico Borderlands
RAMPS met with DOI Office of Wildland Fire, US Customs and Border Patrol, and US Fish & Wildlife Service staff at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern AZ last November. The group is developing tools to reduce wildfire risk, conserve wildlife habitat and natural resources, and increase safety and security of border operations.
RAMPS met with DOI Office of Wildland Fire, US Customs and Border Patrol, and US Fish & Wildlife Service staff at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern AZ last November. The group is developing tools to reduce wildfire risk, conserve wildlife habitat and natural resources, and increase safety and security of border operations.
Bathymetric surveying equipment at Non-Potable Reservoir 2
Bathymetric surveying equipment at Non-Potable Reservoir 2Research vessel with bathymetric surveying equipment Non-Potable Reservoir 2
Bathymetric surveying equipment at Non-Potable Reservoir 2
Bathymetric surveying equipment at Non-Potable Reservoir 2Research vessel with bathymetric surveying equipment Non-Potable Reservoir 2
RestoreNet scientists develop guidance for dryland restoration
RestoreNet scientists develop guidance for dryland restorationRestoreNet is a networked experiment testing treatments for improving restoration in drylands. Find out more at www.usgs.gov/sbsc/ramps
RestoreNet scientists develop guidance for dryland restoration
RestoreNet scientists develop guidance for dryland restorationRestoreNet is a networked experiment testing treatments for improving restoration in drylands. Find out more at www.usgs.gov/sbsc/ramps
A garage in Alabama filled with sand after Hurricane Ivan in 2004
A garage in Alabama filled with sand after Hurricane Ivan in 2004U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researcher Dave Thompson stands next to a garage in Gulf Shores, Alabama, that filled with sand after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
A garage in Alabama filled with sand after Hurricane Ivan in 2004
A garage in Alabama filled with sand after Hurricane Ivan in 2004U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researcher Dave Thompson stands next to a garage in Gulf Shores, Alabama, that filled with sand after Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
Overwashed sand, piled high on both sides of the road after the storm
Overwashed sand, piled high on both sides of the road after the stormMounds of sand cleared from the roadway stand high on both sides of a road near the beach in Pensacola Beach, Florida, in October 2004 after Hurricane Ivan.
Overwashed sand, piled high on both sides of the road after the storm
Overwashed sand, piled high on both sides of the road after the stormMounds of sand cleared from the roadway stand high on both sides of a road near the beach in Pensacola Beach, Florida, in October 2004 after Hurricane Ivan.
A flock of Aleutian cackling geese at San Joaquin River NWR
A flock of Aleutian cackling geese at San Joaquin River NWRA flock of Aleutian cackling geese at San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge.
A flock of Aleutian cackling geese at San Joaquin River NWR
A flock of Aleutian cackling geese at San Joaquin River NWRA flock of Aleutian cackling geese at San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge.