Videos

The Next Generation Water Observing Program (NGWOS) supports the advancement of water resources observations in order to assess water availability, management, and prediction across the US’s major hydrologic regions.

Discover what a career in science with the U.S. Geological Survey looks like. The Maryland-Delaware-DC Water Science Center is home to skilled scientists of many disciplines: hydrologists, geomorphologists, geographers, data scientists, statisticians, biologists, technicians, and more. You name it, we need it.

USGS is committed to monitoring water quality and quantity in all conditions, and sometimes that means walking out onto frozen rivers to make a measurement. In this episode, we join a team as they cut through the ice to safely access the water that still flows underneath.

Did you know the USGS is involved in understanding how PFAS travel through the environment?

Are you afraid of the dark?

Not this scientist. He is using a special technique to examine sediment samples that can help scientists study historical hurricanes.

On a fair sunny day in March, hydrologic technician Michael Brownley makes his way up the metal rung ladder to a platform. From there he beards a cableway, no bigger than a twin-sized bed. Luckily, he’s the only one aboard the cableway, space is tight as it is.

Narrated presentation that provides a unique synthesis of the story of nutrient water quality in the Susquehanna watershed.

The Potomac River Supplies drinking water for Washington D.C., so it’s important for us to understand what’s going on in the river.

Rangeland managers need information on the current vegetation condition and how the landscape has changed through time.

This video is an introduction of the USGS Northeast Region's science efforts to support society's evolving needs through its engaged and diverse workforce.

This video is an introduction of the USGS Northeast Region's science efforts to support society's evolving needs through its engaged and skilled workforce.

This video is an introduction of the USGS Northeast Region's science efforts to support society's evolving needs through its engaged and skilled workforce.

This video shows users how to utilize the StreamStats Batch Processor for processing multiple points in StreamStats for delineation and streamflow estimates. It explains how to submit new batches, check the status of previously submitted batches, and download results.

B-roll video of flooding in Augusta, Maine from monitoring location camera on the Kennebec River.

This snow-covered streamgage is situated in Sleepers River Research Watershed – a site of hydrologic research for 65 years. Completely secluded, USGS staff trek about a mile into the woods to the Pope Brook streamgage in Danville, Vermont, once a week to collect data. In the winter, that often means wearing snowshoes or cross-country skis over deep snow!

A video tutorial of the Locations features in the Bander Portal (permitted bander access). This includes viewing, modifying, and adding locations in the Portal.  

How can we best manage stormwater in our local Montgomery County, Maryland neighborhoods to reduce erosion, improve water quality, and help aquatic organisms?

Let’s take a #WaterScienceRoadTrip to Clarksburg, MD to learn more about the best stormwater management practices.

Narrated presentation that provides a unique, long-term perspective (1950-2050) of the major drivers of nitrogen change up to the present, and forecasts how they may affect nitrogen into the future for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Information is based off of U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1486.

Narrated presentation that provides a unique, long-term perspective (1950-2050) of the major drivers of nitrogen change up to the present, and forecasts how they may affect nitrogen into the future for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Information is based off of U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1486.

In this lesson, we will provide an overview and demonstrate how to use The National Map’s web services in a mapping application. Although downloading data from The National Map is a popular option for many users, there are numerous situations where it may be preferable to simply call TNM web services into your mapping application.

Join USGS researchers Jason Chaytor and Kira Mizell as they virtually participate in a NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition to the depths of the North Atlantic.