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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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2 USGS scientists in inflatable boat on tidal marsh on Long Island
Water sampling in tidal marsh on Long Island
Water sampling in tidal marsh on Long Island
Water sampling in tidal marsh on Long Island

USGS scientists taking water samples in the tidal marsh on Long Island.

Groundwater sampling array Cape Cod Massachusetts
Groundwater sampling array
Groundwater sampling array
Groundwater sampling array

Groundwater sampling array at the Toxics Substances research site, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Groundwater sampling array at the Toxics Substances research site, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

photo of USGS staffer holding a groundwater sample bottle inside a plastic box
Groundwater sampling
Groundwater sampling
Groundwater sampling

Groundwater sampling on Long Island

photo of 3 women beside Long Island road measuring groundwater with instrumentation
Groundwater Sampling on Long Island
Groundwater Sampling on Long Island
Groundwater Sampling on Long Island

Groundwater sampling for water quality on Long Island, New York

White tanks used to hold the tracer injection solutions with tubing going to injection wells
Antibiotics in Groundwater Tracer Injection
Antibiotics in Groundwater Tracer Injection
Antibiotics in Groundwater Tracer Injection

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists conducted a unique study, which demonstrated that the ecology of natural groundwater bacteria changed after exposure of the bacteria to the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX).

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists conducted a unique study, which demonstrated that the ecology of natural groundwater bacteria changed after exposure of the bacteria to the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX).

Aerial view of Assateague Island
Aerial view of Assateague Island
Aerial view of Assateague Island
Aerial view of Assateague Island

Aerial view of Assateague Island, looking north. Ocean City, Maryland, is visible in the far distance at top. Sinepuxent Bay lies between the island’s western shore and the Delmarva Peninsula to the upper left. Photograph taken in 1998 

Aerial view of Assateague Island, looking north. Ocean City, Maryland, is visible in the far distance at top. Sinepuxent Bay lies between the island’s western shore and the Delmarva Peninsula to the upper left. Photograph taken in 1998 

Connecticut River, Holyoke Dam during flood of March 1936
Connecticut River, Holyoke Dam during flood of March 1936
Connecticut River, Holyoke Dam during flood of March 1936
Connecticut River, Holyoke Dam during flood of March 1936

Connecticut River Holyoke Dam, Holyoke Water Power Company, during flood of March 1936.

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