Researcher swabs the body of a honeybee with fuschin gel to later use to identify the pollen particles on the bee's body and determine what plants the bee visited.
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Researcher swabs the body of a honeybee with fuschin gel to later use to identify the pollen particles on the bee's body and determine what plants the bee visited.
This infographic displays the different minerals located in mobile devices. Included within this infographic are:
This infographic displays the different minerals located in mobile devices. Included within this infographic are:
School Branch at Brownsburg IN - flooding
Tips of Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa) break the surface at low tide in Lindsey Slough in the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. More commonly, this invasive plant is completely submerged.
Tips of Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa) break the surface at low tide in Lindsey Slough in the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. More commonly, this invasive plant is completely submerged.
Groundwater-monitoring well in Osage County, Oklahoma.
Groundwater-monitoring well in Osage County, Oklahoma.Groundwater-monitoring well and telemetry equipment in Osage County, Oklahoma
Groundwater-monitoring well in Osage County, Oklahoma.
Groundwater-monitoring well in Osage County, Oklahoma.Groundwater-monitoring well and telemetry equipment in Osage County, Oklahoma
Mark Ford Sampling an Indiana Bat for White-Nose Syndrome
Mark Ford Sampling an Indiana Bat for White-Nose SyndromeMark Ford and his graduate students at the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Ecosystems Mission Area, USGS), on the Virginia Tech campus, lead research on white-nose syndrome in bats across the mid-Atlantic states and northeast U.S. The research focuses on habitat use, distribution, and population ecology.
Mark Ford Sampling an Indiana Bat for White-Nose Syndrome
Mark Ford Sampling an Indiana Bat for White-Nose SyndromeMark Ford and his graduate students at the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Ecosystems Mission Area, USGS), on the Virginia Tech campus, lead research on white-nose syndrome in bats across the mid-Atlantic states and northeast U.S. The research focuses on habitat use, distribution, and population ecology.
Epiphytic lichen on a hardwood tree in Corvallis, Oregon
Epiphytic lichen on a hardwood tree in Corvallis, OregonThe USGS is researching how trees and epiphytic lichens are affected by nitrogen deposition in temperate forests.
Epiphytic lichen on a hardwood tree in Corvallis, Oregon
Epiphytic lichen on a hardwood tree in Corvallis, OregonThe USGS is researching how trees and epiphytic lichens are affected by nitrogen deposition in temperate forests.
Springtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths Fork
Springtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths ForkSpringtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths Fork
Springtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths Fork
Springtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths ForkSpringtime streamflow measurement, East Fork Smiths Fork
Assessing Tallgrass Coastal Prairie in Southwest Louisiana
Assessing Tallgrass Coastal Prairie in Southwest LouisianaVegetation assessments are part of an effort to produce seamless, consistent, and high resolution landcover data for the northern portion of the western gulf coastal plain. This geography was once dominated by tallgrass prairie and has undergone dramatic change with less than 1% of this natural habitat in existence.
Assessing Tallgrass Coastal Prairie in Southwest Louisiana
Assessing Tallgrass Coastal Prairie in Southwest LouisianaVegetation assessments are part of an effort to produce seamless, consistent, and high resolution landcover data for the northern portion of the western gulf coastal plain. This geography was once dominated by tallgrass prairie and has undergone dramatic change with less than 1% of this natural habitat in existence.
Biological science aid, Marlee Malmborg, examines and records the viability of pallid sturgeon eggs at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.
Biological science aid, Marlee Malmborg, examines and records the viability of pallid sturgeon eggs at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.
Is Louisiana falling into the sea, or is the sea inundating Louisiana? It's actually a bit of both. To the inhabitants of a tiny island on the bayou, an island getting tinier by the day, it hardly matters.
Is Louisiana falling into the sea, or is the sea inundating Louisiana? It's actually a bit of both. To the inhabitants of a tiny island on the bayou, an island getting tinier by the day, it hardly matters.
Scientists from the USGS Albuquerque Field Office use an ADCP mounted on a remotely-controlled Q boat to measure the streamflow of the Rio Grande near Bosque Farms. Use of the Q boat allows our hydro techs to safely and quickly respond to flood events that may threaten the public.
Scientists from the USGS Albuquerque Field Office use an ADCP mounted on a remotely-controlled Q boat to measure the streamflow of the Rio Grande near Bosque Farms. Use of the Q boat allows our hydro techs to safely and quickly respond to flood events that may threaten the public.
USGS scientist swabbing a Central Newt in Wisconsin to look for bsal
USGS scientist swabbing a Central Newt in Wisconsin to look for bsalUSGS scientist swabbing a Central Newt in Wisconsin to look for an invasive fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal).
USGS scientist swabbing a Central Newt in Wisconsin to look for bsal
USGS scientist swabbing a Central Newt in Wisconsin to look for bsalUSGS scientist swabbing a Central Newt in Wisconsin to look for an invasive fungus, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal).
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Yអ្នកប្រហែលគិតថា គ្រប់ដំណក់ទឹកភ្លៀងដែលធ្លាក់ពីលើមេឃ ឬទឹកដែលអ្នកហូបសុទ្ធតែជាដំណក់ទឹកដែលគេទើបបង្កើតថ្មី។ តែតាមពិតទៅ
Advancing Adaptive Management in the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone
Advancing Adaptive Management in the Riverside East Solar Energy ZoneThe Riverside East Solar Energy Zone is a vast area in southern California designated for large-scale solar development. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is charged with monitoring wildlife in this area to minimize the effects of the solar production on wildlife species.
Advancing Adaptive Management in the Riverside East Solar Energy Zone
Advancing Adaptive Management in the Riverside East Solar Energy ZoneThe Riverside East Solar Energy Zone is a vast area in southern California designated for large-scale solar development. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is charged with monitoring wildlife in this area to minimize the effects of the solar production on wildlife species.
This image of the New Orleans/Lake Pontchartrain area in Louisiana was acquired March 31, 2017, from the Indian Space Research Organization’s Resourcesat-2 LISS-3 sensor. Land loss and hurricane hazards are key landscape issues here.
This image of the New Orleans/Lake Pontchartrain area in Louisiana was acquired March 31, 2017, from the Indian Space Research Organization’s Resourcesat-2 LISS-3 sensor. Land loss and hurricane hazards are key landscape issues here.
USGS Staff - Ohio River at Cannelton, IN
Groundwater measurement at Fort Knox, KY
Ice Jam Webcam at the Stockade railroad bridge, Schenectady, NY
Ice Jam Webcam at the Stockade railroad bridge, Schenectady, NYMohawk River Live Ice Jam Web Camera monitoring conditions at the railroad bridge in the Stockade district, Schenectady, NY
Ice Jam Webcam at the Stockade railroad bridge, Schenectady, NY
Ice Jam Webcam at the Stockade railroad bridge, Schenectady, NYMohawk River Live Ice Jam Web Camera monitoring conditions at the railroad bridge in the Stockade district, Schenectady, NY
Indiana groundwater site - Hamilton 8
Little Blue River at Shelbyville, IN