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Chart showing projected 21st-century land loss and organic carbon disturbance on Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain

Projected 21st-century land loss and organic carbon disturbance on Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain
State News Release
USGS

Measuring Landscape Disturbance of Gas Exploration in Eight Pennsylvania Counties

State News Release
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Measuring Landscape Disturbance of Gas Exploration in Nine Pennsylvania counties

Photography
Photo of a disturbed desert landscape

Disturbed desert landscape

Infographics
Illustration of potential state changes related to drought, fire and grazing

Potential State Changes Related to Drought, Fire and Grazing
Photography
A metal boat tied up at a landing at Lees Ferry, Colorado River, with a kayaker on the water and a person on the far shore.

A boat at a landing and a kayak on the water at Lees Ferry, Colorado River, Grand Canyon
Photography
Glaucous-winged Gulls capitalize upon a disturbance to grab eggs abandoned by breeding Common Murres

Glaucous-winged Gulls grab eggs abandoned by breeding Common Murres
Photography
Well head of Sourdough oil discovery

Well head of Sourdough oil discovery on Alaska state lease

Photography
A white-fronted goose flies over a nesting area near Point Lonely, Alaska

White-fronted goose flies over a nesting area near Point Lonely, AK
Illustrations
Four separate graphics of the Woolsey Fire depicting the fire in Annual NLCD products.

Woolsey Fire Four Images
Photography
View of the sonoran desert at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument showing an organ pipe cactus and mountains of Mexico

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Photography
A flock of waterfowl flying over Izembek Lagoon on the outskirts of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge on the Alaska Peninsula.

A flock of waterfowl flying over Izembek Lagoon

Photography
Field staff measuring degradation on a campsite in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota.

Measuring Campsite Impact
Photography
A multicorer on a boat in the ocean at sunset

Multicorer
Photography
Image: Alluvial Fan, Rocky Mountain National Park

Alluvial Fan, Rocky Mountain National Park
Photography
Image: A Golden Eagle Perches in a Tree

A Golden Eagle Perches in a Tree
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deep sea research equipment on the fantail of a research vessel

Mega Multicorer Rigged for Deployment
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Three people on boat in the ocean working with a multicorer

Multicorer
State News Release
Mount Hood, Oregon in early Summer....

USGS to Install New Volcano Early Detection and Monitoring Stations at Mount Hood--Improving Early Detection of Unrest at this Active Volcano

Photography
image of a biocrust (soil) with blurred trees in the background

Biocrust Dominated by Cyanobacteria
Infographics
Two side-by-side maps of the same area, one with a patch of purple and the other an animation changing back and forth

Annual NLCD animation of the Smith River Complex Fire land change between 2023 and 2024
Photography
Chapman Creek during the summer

Chapman Creek
Photography
A sea of brown grass with interspersed green vegetation on top of a hill

Burned and invaded landscape in Wyoming
Charts or Graphs
Plot showing seismic and acoustic waves from the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption as recorded in Yellowstone

Seismic and acoustic waves from the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption recorded by the Yellowstone Seismic Network
Photography
researcher holding a fly rod in yellowstone is standing near a bison along a river with mountains in the backdrop

Daniel Magoulick
Illustrations
Maps and a photograph of how the RCMAP product is made.

Rangeland Condition Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (RCMAP) provides critical information on subtle vegetation changes in western US rangelands.
Photography
annonated image of deep sea equipment mounted on the fantail of a research vessel in preparation for deployment

Annotated Mega Multicorer Rigged for Deployment
Photography
Remnants of a spruce forest

Remnants of a spruce forest
Photography
unfinished bridge

Unfinished Bridge at Lecompton
Photography
a drone on the open tailgate of a truck in a field of sagebrush

Waiting on the wing
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