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💧💧 An Ensemble Mean Method for Remote Sensing of Actual #Evapotranspiration to Estimate #Water #Budget Response across a Restoration #Landscape ✍️ Roy E. Petrakis et al. 🔗 brnw.ch/21wRX6m

Risks from drought, wildfires, invasive plant and animal species, and habitat reduction are characterized in this newly-released Fact Sheet (including some tools and data opportunities we've generated to help reduce impacts): pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2025/3008/f… #OpenScience #OpenAccess

"The earth laughs in flowers" —Ralph Waldo Emerson Springtime blooming is almost over inside Grand Canyon. Although the peak of spring has passed with the arrival of summer heat, cactus blossoms and wildflowers can still be seen —at higher elevations within the inner canyon.

National Wildflower Week is the first full week in May. Do you have some wildflowers blooming where you are? Happy National Wildflower Week from Astrogeology! #Wildflowers #Nature

The SBSC & EROS are developing advanced tools and technologies to assess wildfire fuel loads and treatments, understand wildfire risk and behavior, and mitigate the impacts of catastrophic fire on society and ecosystems. Ck it out 👉usgs.gov/centers/southw…

Invasive buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) increases wildfire risk in the iconic Sonoran Desert by outcompeting native plants & spreading fire. 🔥🌵 USGS research shows early detection, removal and chemical treatments are key to controlling it. usgs.gov/centers/southw…

#DYK you can see what the Landsat satellites see when they acquire data each day?? Watch the EarthNow! Landsat Image Viewer capture near-real time imagery from #Landsat 8 and 9 as the satellites orbit the Earth. Check it out here: ow.ly/9q3W50VNgVZ.

Scientists report their findings in reports and journals, but what about sharing with the public? Many USGS scientists visit classrooms and meet with interested parties for presentations and field outings. Here are some of our scientists in action: #PublicServiceRecognitionWeek

A new paper describes geologic factors that can be used to predict uranium occurrence in deposits unique to northwestern Arizona. 👉 ow.ly/YLj650VPpif #UneashingAmericanEnergy

Consider this basic biological truth: sustained effort requires recovery. Let's ensure moms get the scientifically warranted rest they deserve today. Happy Mother's Day! 📸 by Sarah Birchard #MothersDay

Flights into the Little Colorado River in #GrandCanyon to conduct stream gage, water quality & sediment monitoring are some of the most valuable and fulfilling hydrological work we get to do, in a stunning location. -Max Evans, USGS Hydrologist #Fieldwork #LCR #ColoradoRiver

Celebrating 30 years of USGS-NPS #collaboration in #CanyonlandsNationalPark! Our long-term research supports #grassland health. We track invasive species, protective soil cover, and perennial grass productivity trends to catalog how park ecosystems change over time.

Understanding how #drylands respond to extended #drought is important for land managers, ranchers & other stakeholders. Scientists at USGS use long-term field experiments to create extreme drought conditions to inform how plants & soils respond over several years to decades.

It’s #WildfirePreparednessMonth!🔥 There are many ways wildfires may change a landscape. Four examples we study include #flooding, #invasives, #landslides, & #pollution. Learn more 👉 ow.ly/ZS9U50VV8JM

When water levels in Lake Powell dropped, more of the upper Colorado River channel emerged - and changed! USGS scientists conduct multibeam sonar work to track and predict where the river channel will go next. This informs boat ramp reconstruction for @NPS. 📸Katie Chapman

New pub! "Flexible Phenology of a C4 Grass Linked to Resiliency to Seasonal and Multiyear Drought Events in the American Southwest" by Finger-Higgens et al. How does grass respond to drought conditions? Depends on the species. C4 yourself ➡️ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

Yesterday, scientists from USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center presented alongside Bureau of Reclamation to provide research updates on sediment and fish in the #ColoradoRiver to Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program stakeholders. ➡️gcmrc.gov

On this day of remembrance, we at USGS remain dedicated to our mission: delivering unbiased scientific information that supports a resilient America. Our research contributes to understanding and managing the landscapes we all share. #MemorialDay2025 #HappyMemorialDay

Steak dinner? Nah, we're talking about staked plants! USGS is partnering with ranchers to investigate if "flash grazing" immediately after seeding #drylands increases native plant growth by creating micro-topography, adding nutrients, & reducing weeds. It's a rare-bit of science.

New pub! How do you predict decay-dynamics in drylands? Throop et al. tested a macrosystems approach using multiple data scales & sources. "Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands" 🌱 doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…