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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.
Noxious Algal Bloom in an estuary along the Massachusetts coast. Photo from the USGS circular 1360 "Water Quality in Pricipal Aquifers of the United States, 1991-2010."
Noxious Algal Bloom in an estuary along the Massachusetts coast. Photo from the USGS circular 1360 "Water Quality in Pricipal Aquifers of the United States, 1991-2010."
Groundwater measurement at Richmond well R-126 Long Island, NY
Groundwater measurement at Richmond well R-126 Long Island, NY
Scientists took a trip to Cypress Bridge Preserve during the "dry" season to collect sediment cores for further analysis.
Scientists took a trip to Cypress Bridge Preserve during the "dry" season to collect sediment cores for further analysis.
Tremper Kill flooding 2010
Tremper Kill flooding 2010
The R/V Rafael performs nearshore geophysical surveys, and includes high resolution sub-bottom profiling, sidescan sonar, and multibeam echosounding in its arsenal of survey capabilities.
The R/V Rafael performs nearshore geophysical surveys, and includes high resolution sub-bottom profiling, sidescan sonar, and multibeam echosounding in its arsenal of survey capabilities.
Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky water-quality equipment install.
Licking River at Highway 536 near Alexandria, Kentucky water-quality equipment install.
Headwater stream
USGS hydrologist Tia Scott collecting a water quality sample from an eastern New York stream
USGS hydrologist Tia Scott collecting a water quality sample from an eastern New York stream
Sandra Brosnahan (USGS) collecting water samples (Long Island, NY).
Sandra Brosnahan (USGS) collecting water samples (Long Island, NY).
USGS scientists from the New York and Connecticut Water Science Centers fluid logging in Bangladesh
USGS scientists from the New York and Connecticut Water Science Centers fluid logging in Bangladesh
USGS scientists from the New York and Connecticut Water Science Centers conduct geophysical training in Iraq
USGS scientists from the New York and Connecticut Water Science Centers conduct geophysical training in Iraq
Scientists took a trip to Cypress Bridge Preserve during the "wet" season to collect sediment cores for further analysis.
Scientists took a trip to Cypress Bridge Preserve during the "wet" season to collect sediment cores for further analysis.
Scientists took a trip to Cypress Bridge Preserve during the "wet" season to collect sediment cores for further analysis.
Scientists took a trip to Cypress Bridge Preserve during the "wet" season to collect sediment cores for further analysis.
Stream Flow and Chemistry Monitoring Stations in Buck Creek Watershed, NY
Stream Flow and Chemistry Monitoring Stations in Buck Creek Watershed, NY
John Pohlman (USGS, left) and colleagues from the University of Alaska Fairbanks examine a sediment core retrieved through winter ice from the bottom of a lake in northern Alaska. Such cores are used to reconstruct methane emissions and climate history over the past 20,000 years.
John Pohlman (USGS, left) and colleagues from the University of Alaska Fairbanks examine a sediment core retrieved through winter ice from the bottom of a lake in northern Alaska. Such cores are used to reconstruct methane emissions and climate history over the past 20,000 years.
Flooding at the USGS Streamgage Nashua River at Pepperell, MA (01096500) on March 17, 2010 at about 12:15 EDT at a gage height of 14.58 ft and discharge of 9,780 cfs.
Flooding at the USGS Streamgage Nashua River at Pepperell, MA (01096500) on March 17, 2010 at about 12:15 EDT at a gage height of 14.58 ft and discharge of 9,780 cfs.
Low-head dam on the Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, 2010
Low-head dam on the Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, 2010
The USGS has been monitoring the Kennebunk River near Kennebunk, Maine since June 2008 and the peak discharge for the period of record occurred in February 2010.
The USGS has been monitoring the Kennebunk River near Kennebunk, Maine since June 2008 and the peak discharge for the period of record occurred in February 2010.
Map of the North American - Caribbean tectonic plate boundary. Colors denote depth below sea level and elevation on land. Bold numbers are the years of moderately large (larger than about M7) historical earthquakes written next to their approximate location. Asterisk - Location of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
Map of the North American - Caribbean tectonic plate boundary. Colors denote depth below sea level and elevation on land. Bold numbers are the years of moderately large (larger than about M7) historical earthquakes written next to their approximate location. Asterisk - Location of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
View of Moses-Saunders Power dam on St Lawrence River. The USGS samples at this location. Photo credit, Dan Edwards, USGS.
View of Moses-Saunders Power dam on St Lawrence River. The USGS samples at this location. Photo credit, Dan Edwards, USGS.
Mineralized section in the Cerro Maimón copper-gold-silver mine in the Dominican Replublic.
Mineralized section in the Cerro Maimón copper-gold-silver mine in the Dominican Replublic.