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Images below come from a wide variety of USGS science activities in the Northeast Region. Science Center staff showcase what we do, who we are, and where we work conducting science that inform decision makers and addresses societal needs. 

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white ice and snow on river by train bridge
Mohawk River Ice Jam at Lock 8 in Schenectady, NY
Mohawk River Ice Jam at Lock 8 in Schenectady, NY
Mohawk River Ice Jam at Lock 8 in Schenectady, NY

Mohawk River Ice Jam at Lock 8 in Schenectady, NY near USGS gaging station 01354330 

Walls and carts of cores
Walls and carts of cores
Walls and carts of cores
Walls and carts of cores

Core racks filled with split cores in D-tubes in the K.O. Emery Geotechnical Wing walk-in refrigerator

Image of Erika Lentz and Danille Niles at Trunk River Beach, Falmouth, MA
Erika Lentz is interviewed by WBZ Boston for a sea-level rise segment
Erika Lentz is interviewed by WBZ Boston for a sea-level rise segment
Erika Lentz is interviewed by WBZ Boston for a sea-level rise segment

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

Erika Lentz interview on Trunk River Beach, Falmouth. MA
Erika Lentz interview by WBZ Meteorologist, Danielle Niles
Erika Lentz interview by WBZ Meteorologist, Danielle Niles
Erika Lentz interview by WBZ Meteorologist, Danielle Niles

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

Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky
Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky
Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky
Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky

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

Scouting out high water marks after blizzard
Scouting out high water marks after blizzard
Scouting out high water marks after blizzard
Scouting out high water marks after blizzard

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.

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.

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

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | March 2019 | People
Jonathan Cohl holding a piece of ice from Delaware River at Frenchtown, NJ

orange sled loaded with bags of equipment on snow covered path in forest
Field Photo Friday Winner for April 2018
Field Photo Friday Winner for April 2018
Field Photo Friday Winner for April 2018

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

Image showing mangroves that have lost all their leaves and a berm that is significantly thinner following Hurricane Irma. 
Berm at Jim Foot Key, Florida (2018)
Berm at Jim Foot Key, Florida (2018)
Berm at Jim Foot Key, Florida (2018)

In Photo: The red circle indicates the same position as shown in the April 2014 photo.  The mangroves have lost all their leaves and the berm is significantly thinner following the storm. 

In Photo: The red circle indicates the same position as shown in the April 2014 photo.  The mangroves have lost all their leaves and the berm is significantly thinner following the storm. 

USGS personnel working with chains on the deck of the R/V Savannah
Assembly of chains, shackles, and links
Assembly of chains, shackles, and links
Assembly of chains, shackles, and links

 Sediment transport team members assemble chain, shackles and pear links that are are attached to the anchor and floats as part of deploying a mooring.

USGS personnel on the fantail of the R/V Savannah
USGS Team Work!
USGS Team Work!
USGS Team Work!

Sediment transport team members attach a quick-release to the top of a bottom lander prior to deployment

Sediment transport team members attach a quick-release to the top of a bottom lander prior to deployment

 An instrumented bottom lander platform is lowered off the stern of the research vessel
Oceanographic Equipment Deployment
Oceanographic Equipment Deployment
Yellow buoy in the water
Buoy, Buoy
Buoy, Buoy
Buoy, Buoy

The buoy that measures meteorological conditions at the site after deployment.

USGS owned Unmanned Aircraft System
USGS owned Unmanned Aircraft System
USGS owned Unmanned Aircraft System
USGS owned Unmanned Aircraft System

Photograph of USGS Kentucky WSC unmanned aircraft system.

Image shows a river winding through a green landscape
Fish Creek Watershed in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Fish Creek Watershed in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
Fish Creek Watershed in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska

Fish Creek wanders through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 22.8 million acre region managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. USGS has periodically assessed oil and gas resource potential there. These assessments can be found here.

Fish Creek wanders through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, a 22.8 million acre region managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. USGS has periodically assessed oil and gas resource potential there. These assessments can be found here.

Piping Plovers on a beach
Piping Plovers
Piping Plovers
Piping Plovers

An interdisciplinary USGS team is conducting research and developing tools to identify suitable coastal habitats for species of concern, such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), under a variety of sea-level rise scenarios.

An interdisciplinary USGS team is conducting research and developing tools to identify suitable coastal habitats for species of concern, such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), under a variety of sea-level rise scenarios.

study site and model for coastal karst subterranean estuary
Cenote Bang
Cenote Bang
Cenote Bang

Cenote Bang, a component of the Ox Bel Ha cave network study site and model for coastal karst subterranean estuary

Cenote Bang, a component of the Ox Bel Ha cave network study site and model for coastal karst subterranean estuary

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