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Over the past few years, black smoke has been seen in satellite images billowing from various locations in Iraq. As Iraqi forces drive ISIS away, the terrorist group has been setting oil wells on fire as it retreats.

Eagle Creek above Findlay OH - USGS staff making a wading measurement

Eagle Creek above Findlay OH - view of stream with ice on it

Auguring holes to measure streamflow, Blacks Fork Robertson 

Chopping ice to create open channel to measure streamflow, Blacks Fk

Research geologist, Erika Lentz, interviewed on Trunk River Beach, Falmouth, MA, by WBZ meterologist, Danielle Niles, about the future impacts of sea-level rise

Erika Lentz, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Research Geologist interviewed by WBZ Boston Meterologist, Danielle Niles fora segment on sea-level rise

Ducks in Hook Pond Dreen at Davids Lane, East Hampton, New York

Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky gage, looking downstream from the gage location.

At least 300 active volcanoes dot the Kamchatka Peninsula, which lies along the geologically active Pacific Ring of Fire. Landsat 8 caught this plume of ash and smoke streaming from one of these volcanoes - Klyuchevskaya - on January 10, 2018.

Measuring streamflow, Yellowstone River at Lake Outlet

On January 8, 2018, Kīlauea Volcano's summit lava lake level was 38 m (125 ft) below the rim of "Overlook crater," the small crater that formed above the active vent in Halema‘uma‘u.

New England WSC Physical Scientist Andy Massey scouting out high water marks associated with the blizzard of January 2018. Houghs Neck Maritime Center, Quincy, MA.

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Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice from Delaware River at Frenchtown, NJ

If you like being connected to the world everywhere you go with a smartphone or other device, then you have a desolate salt flat in northern Chile to thank.

Transporting equipment used for maintenance of groundwater well CT2498 in Perrysburg, New York 

Snowmibiles needed to get to Blackrock Creek streamgage

 During wintry conditions, streamflow is often measured under ice. This often means using an ice auger to cut holes through the ice, at increments across the full width of the stream.

USGS hydrologic technicians Kevin Baker (shown in the picture) and Jarvis Kaderlik found the Souris River near Westhope, ND (streamgage 05124000) to be at zero flow on January 4, 2018.

First high-definition thermal image of the Halema‘uma‘u lava lake in the New Year, taken shortly after midnight on January 1, 2018. This camera was deployed to track the dynamic surface activity of the lava lake at the summit of Kīlauea.

Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tag detection station on Willow Creek, California. Systems like this one are used to detect movements of endangered Lost River and shortnose suckers in remote locations.