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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.
Perspective views of multibeam bathymetry data acquired by the USGS aboard the R/V Medeia. Shallower depths in red. Arrows point to the distinct line in the seafloor associated with the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault.
Perspective views of multibeam bathymetry data acquired by the USGS aboard the R/V Medeia. Shallower depths in red. Arrows point to the distinct line in the seafloor associated with the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault.
USGS pilot Sandy Brosnahan and Senate Pro Tempore Marc Pacheco discuss the use of Umanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also known as drones) to collect data in coastal environments.
USGS pilot Sandy Brosnahan and Senate Pro Tempore Marc Pacheco discuss the use of Umanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also known as drones) to collect data in coastal environments.
Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY
Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY
USGS R/V Stephens operating within Lake Powell, UT-AZ. A multibeam echosounder is deployed off the starboard side of the vessel and is used to collect depth information within the reservoir.
USGS R/V Stephens operating within Lake Powell, UT-AZ. A multibeam echosounder is deployed off the starboard side of the vessel and is used to collect depth information within the reservoir.
Browse graphic of the sediment textuer and geomorphology data of the sea floor from Fenwick Island, MD to FIsherman's Island, VA
Browse graphic of the sediment textuer and geomorphology data of the sea floor from Fenwick Island, MD to FIsherman's Island, VA
Location map for Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey, data release.
Location map for Bathymetry and backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Sandy Hook artificial reef, offshore of New Jersey, data release.
Location Map of Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York
Location Map of Atlantic Beach artificial reef, offshore of New York
Location map of HARS site
Basemap of the United States with an overview image of elevation models
Basemap of the United States with an overview image of elevation models
Buoy at Put-in-Bay.
HABs in lake.
Barnegat Bay Little Egg Harbor Study Site
Aerial map of Sodus Bay, NY study sites.
Aerial map of Sodus Bay, NY study sites.
Photograph of USGS Kentucky WSC unmanned aircraft system.
Photograph of USGS Kentucky WSC unmanned aircraft system.
Michael Casso, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center physical scientist, seeks volunteers from Children’s School of Science students to have their breath measured for carbon dioxide and methane, greenhouse gases USGS scientists measure in the oceans
Michael Casso, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center physical scientist, seeks volunteers from Children’s School of Science students to have their breath measured for carbon dioxide and methane, greenhouse gases USGS scientists measure in the oceans
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Oceanographer, Neil Ganju, sharing science at the 2017 Woods Hole Science Stroll outreach event
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Oceanographer, Neil Ganju, sharing science at the 2017 Woods Hole Science Stroll outreach event
The USGS Utah Water Science Center and the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted a collaborative geophysical research effort within Lake Powell, UT-AZ to map the bathymetry of the lake and characterize shallow sediment deposition near the mouths of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers.
The USGS Utah Water Science Center and the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center conducted a collaborative geophysical research effort within Lake Powell, UT-AZ to map the bathymetry of the lake and characterize shallow sediment deposition near the mouths of the San Juan and Colorado Rivers.
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.
Permafrost forms a grid-like pattern in 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.
Permafrost forms a grid-like pattern in 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.
Flood measurement at White River near Edwardsport, IN
Flood measurement at White River near Edwardsport, IN
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin
Methane-derived authigenic carbonate (MDAC) rocks on the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin