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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.
Conceptual diagram showing the structure of the Bayesian network used to assess potential sea-level rise impacts on the coastal landscape.
Conceptual diagram showing the structure of the Bayesian network used to assess potential sea-level rise impacts on the coastal landscape.
Problem statement, objectives, and alternative actions defined by Department of Interior collaborators using structured decision making framework
Problem statement, objectives, and alternative actions defined by Department of Interior collaborators using structured decision making framework
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations). The NIMBBLE is a low-profile platform with two acoustic Doppler velocimeters and an upward-looking acoustic Doppler profilers.
Illustration of the NIMBBLE (New instrument for making bottom boundary layer evaluations). The NIMBBLE is a low-profile platform with two acoustic Doppler velocimeters and an upward-looking acoustic Doppler profilers.
USGS staff and the ship's crew of the R/V Sharp prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam echosounder during a mapping program in the mid-Atlantic in 2015.
USGS staff and the ship's crew of the R/V Sharp prepare to deploy a deep-water multibeam echosounder during a mapping program in the mid-Atlantic in 2015.
Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth. Ray Sliter (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center) and Deb Hutchison (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) shown at far left.
Science crew aboard R/V Marcus G. Langseth. Ray Sliter (Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center) and Deb Hutchison (Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center) shown at far left.
Stop sign at the end of School House Hill Rd in Turner, Maine near USGS gaging station 01055500 on the Nezinscot River.
Stop sign at the end of School House Hill Rd in Turner, Maine near USGS gaging station 01055500 on the Nezinscot River.
Groundwater well serving private residence in Loudon, New Hampshire.
Groundwater well serving private residence in Loudon, New Hampshire.
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015 geophysical surveys offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Map showing the tracklines and grab sample sites of the 2014 and 2015 geophysical surveys offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula.
The effects of sea-level rise will vary by differences in the geomorphology and ecology of the landscape. Images show marsh (top left) rocky coast (top right), barrier beach (bottom left), and coastal bluff (bottom right)
The effects of sea-level rise will vary by differences in the geomorphology and ecology of the landscape. Images show marsh (top left) rocky coast (top right), barrier beach (bottom left), and coastal bluff (bottom right)
Map showing extent and coverage of coastal response type predictions; insets display different prediction types and geospatial variability through time. Predictions of coastal response likelihood for the four prediction time steps at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, VA.
Map showing extent and coverage of coastal response type predictions; insets display different prediction types and geospatial variability through time. Predictions of coastal response likelihood for the four prediction time steps at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, VA.
Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data integrated from multiple IOOS Partner forecast models
Map of daily-averaged ocean surface current data integrated from multiple IOOS Partner forecast models
Junbong Jang of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center measures index properties on sediment collected during the Indian Government’s National Gas Hydrates Program (NGHP-02) drilling expedition offshore from eastern India in the summer of 2015.
Junbong Jang of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center measures index properties on sediment collected during the Indian Government’s National Gas Hydrates Program (NGHP-02) drilling expedition offshore from eastern India in the summer of 2015.
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center personnel process data in the dry lab on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center personnel process data in the dry lab on the M/V Scarlett Isabella
Sunset on the Delmarva Peninsula
USGS scientists collect sediment samples in a gas hydrates area during a cruise on the U.S. Atlantic margin in 2015.
USGS scientists collect sediment samples in a gas hydrates area during a cruise on the U.S. Atlantic margin in 2015.
Surface sediments will be analyzed for various physical parameters that will be used as initial conditions in hydrodynamic and sediment transport models.
Surface sediments will be analyzed for various physical parameters that will be used as initial conditions in hydrodynamic and sediment transport models.
Inundated marsh at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey.
Inundated marsh at Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey.
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center side entrance to the Tilley Conference Room
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center side entrance to the Tilley Conference Room
Map of distribution of substrate mud content, Stellwagen Bank
Map of distribution of substrate mud content, Stellwagen Bank
Wabash River at New Harmony IN - view from bridge
Waves breaking over offshore reefs on Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, where reefs are protecting developed land from flooding.
Waves breaking over offshore reefs on Kwajalein Atoll, in the Marshall Islands, where reefs are protecting developed land from flooding.