Living with Fire: The USGS Southern California Wildfire Risk Project
Southern California continues to be ravaged by wildfires, with nearly 10,000 homes lost in this past decade alone. Now, USGS scientists are exploring the critical question: “Why do some communities burn, and others don’t?” This 24 minute film showcases the ongoing USGS research, contributing scienti...

Gary Wedemeyer Interview (B-Roll)
Interview footage avialable for release. Corresponds with Gary Wedemeyer publication for Western Fisheries Research Center to be published in next few weeks....

The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival (Full video)
“The Heat is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival” is a thirty minute television program exploring the world of the Mojave Desert Tortoise. It highlights the USGS research program on the Desert Tortoise and the role of that research in managing desert environments to allow the species to recover and ...

Tracking Pacific Walrus: Expedition to the Shrinking Chukchi Sea Ice
Summer ice retreat in the Chukchi Sea between Alaska and Russia is a significant climate change impact affecting Pacific Walruses, which are being considered for listing as a threatened species. This twelve minute video follows walruses in their summer sea ice habitat and shows how USGS biologists ...

Walrus Radio Tagging 2012,B-roll, Reel 1A
Footage of Pacific Walrus, Sea ice, Scientists Tagging Walruses With Radio Tags, Tracking animation. ...

Climate Change Threats to Estuaries in the Pacific Northwest
This presentation is a part of the ‘NCCWSC Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series‘, developed in partnership by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center. In this webinar, data and publications will be pre...

Paint it Black
Pete Van Metre and Barbara Mahler discuss an experiment to assess release of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from coal tar pavement sealant after application on a parking lot. (Short Version)...

Paint it Black
Pete Van Metre and Barbara Mahler discuss an experiment to assess release of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from coal tar pavement sealant after application on a parking lot. (Long Version)...

"Fog and Wind" - Cloud Forests of Santa Rosa Island
Fog and wind are ever present on Santa Rosa Island -- one of the Channel Islands offshore of Los Angeles and southern California. Fog condenses on twigs and leaves of island woodland plants, dripping and soaking into the ground. These “cloud forests” harvest the fog and provide critical water for wi...

Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - China Camp Tides
This time-lapse video shows the dramatic natural tidal cycles of a salt marsh in San Francisco Bay -- daily rhythms to which animals take refuge in high ground, and the marsh receives sediment and nutrients from the estuary. But what will happen to these marsh ecosystems under sea level rise scenari...

Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - China Camp State Park
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the...

Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Cogswell Marsh
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the...

Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Coon Island
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the...

Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Arrowhead Marsh
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the...

Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - BlackJohn Marsh
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the...