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Reston, VA

Joined April 2008

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USGS Water Resources
@USGS_Water
Jul 7
National water availability data at your fingertips! 💧🎉 The National Water Availability Assessment Data Companion provides regularly updated, model-based estimates of water availability and use on a national scale. Nearly 27 million Americans, or 8% of the U.S. population,
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@USGS
Jul 4
Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🦅 Since 1879, we’ve mapped the mountains, rivers, and valleys across our nation, helping Americans explore, protect, and understand the land we call home. 📸1: USGS topographic mapping field camp in the early 1900s. 📸2: Topographer working with a
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@USGS
Jul 2
America, from space. 🛰️ To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, the USGS has created a new portrait of the nation using imagery from Landsat 8 and Landsat 9. For more than 50 years, the @USGS and @NASA Landsat program has provided a continuous record of Earth's changing land
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USGS Volcanoes🌋
@USGSVolcanoes
Jul 1
On June 13, 2026, a small hydrothermal explosion occurred in Biscuit Basin! We cover that story in the latest Yellowstone Volcano Observatory video update, along with seismic, deformation, and geyser activity from the month of June.
Another hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin (Yellowstone Monthly Update - June 2026)
From youtube.com
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@USGS
Jun 26
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30, but the USGS works year-round to provide the science that emergency managers, local officials, and the public rely on to protect lives and property. Before a storm: USGS coastal change forecasts predict
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@USGS
Jun 21
The face of someone hearing a dad joke for the hundredth time. 😄 Some expressions are universal. Happy Father’s Day from USGS! 🩵 📸1: Bobcat 📸2: Burrowing owl 📸3: White-tailed deer 📸4: Walrus 📸5: Weddell seal Credit: USGS
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@USGS
Jun 18
A new USGS assessment estimates that the southern Appalachian region of the eastern U.S. contains 1.43 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium. That's enough lithium to replace more than 200 years of imports! Lithium is essential for batteries that
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@USGS
Jun 17
🔍🌍 Discover the geology beneath your feet Some landscapes preserve Earth's history. At Exit Glacier, you can watch that history continue to unfold. Located near the town of Seward in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park, Exit Glacier is one of the most accessible glaciers in
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@USGS
Jun 12
Team USA’s opener may last 90 minutes but understanding landscape change can take decades. SoFi Stadium in Southern California will host Team USA’s opening match. These aerial photographs show the surrounding landscape’s transformation over time from the former Hollywood Park
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Jun 2
Better data. Faster insights. Smarter decisions. At the roundtable on water, agriculture, technology, and public data hosted by @TheGrandFarm in North Dakota, Dr. Andrea Travnicek, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior, spoke about the
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May 28
Landsat satellite imagery captures the progression of the Santa Rosa Island Fire 🔥 These Landsat images show the progression of the Santa Rosa Island Fire on Santa Rosa Island, part of Channel Islands National Park off the coast of California. By May 24, the fire had burned
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@USGS
May 18
🌋 46 years ago today, Mount St. Helens forever changed the Pacific Northwest — and the science of volcano monitoring. After more than a century of quiet, earthquakes and rising magma signaled that pressure was building beneath the volcano in the spring of 1980. On the morning
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May 14
A river of lava glowing in the dark, captured from space 🌋 Landsat satellites, a joint mission between @NASA and @USGSLandsat, don’t always take the night off. By special request, they can collect nighttime imagery that helps scientists monitor erupting volcanoes, wildfires,
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May 10
Don’t forget the flowers this Mother’s Day 💐 This American pika may look like it’s carrying a bouquet, but it’s actually gathering plants for its winter food stash in the mountains. Pikas spend the warmer months collecting grasses, wildflowers, and other vegetation to store