After a very long stay at Pine Pond #Perseverance has now moved further down hill, apparently reaching the bottom of the Witch Hazel Hill area, where it has spent the last 120 sols examining rocks.
The path shown is a guess. Elevations are from the Octavia E. Butler landing location.
The map was made in #QGIS, using #NASA's #MMGIS and #HiRISE and #USGS imagery and DTMs.
If you are into these things, quite a spectacular view of Kilauea erupting:
It appears as a little blip at 9:10 am on the #USGS seismic equipment at the #WestportObservatory, but that's the Greenback, Tennessee 4.1 #earthquake 815 miles distant that shook the Southeast this morning. It was felt in Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia; Asheville, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina. https://ow.ly/4NOM50VQsAl
USGS: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: How Wildfires Reshape Landscapes
That's a big 7.4 magnitude #earthquake shaking the #USGS equipment at the Westport Observatory this morning, 6,766 miles away from #WestportCT, just off the coast of #Ushuaia, #Argentina.
Good bye flood and drought warnings
The Guardian: Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US
White House orders closure of USGS water science centers, which shares data with weather service for flood warnings
Aqueous #geochemistry this semester! We've moved from simple fluid-mineral equilibria to more complex models. As a teaching tool, I developed with help of our Uni's IT folks, an online portal to #USGS model software, WEB-PHREEQ. Anyone can use this.
Of course the students download the more capable desktop version for their projects (also, yes, I know there are more advanced portals out there). #geology
USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management
"Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to implement drought measures when streamflows are low, alert local authorities of floods, help administer water to users on rivers and issue pollution discharge permits required by the Clean Water Act for communities across the country."
But more than two dozen USGS Water Science Centers that house the employees and equipment to manage those gauges and equipment will soon have their leases terminated after being targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency. Data collected by the centers inform studies of the condition of the country’s water resources and shape local and state water management plans.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this morning. Image credit USGS/USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Learn more at https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/volcano-updates and https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm and #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #geology #usgs #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #hawaii #volcano #eruption #kilauea #research
Split screen time! Also live streaming:
'Livestream with Dr. Mike Poland, #USGS #Yellowstone #Volcano Observatory ' #Geology
#Butterfly populations declining rapidly in #US with 22% disappearing in 2 decades
A comprehensive study found 22% of #butterflies in #UnitedStates disappeared between 2000 and 2020... The researchers behind the Science study used data from more than 12.6 million butterflies spanning 342 individual species, drawing from 76,000 surveys across 35 nationwide monitoring programs. Funded by the #USGS, the study was the first to integrate such a vast dataset, its authors said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/butterfly-populations-declining-us-science-study/
John McPhee’s Short Essay About A 1972 Rockefeller Civil Service Award Winner - Dr. Luna Leopold, The First Chief Hydrologist At The USGS
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https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/rockefeller-public-service-awards-washington-dc-19580430 <--JFK's 1958 speech at the Rockerfeller Civil Service Awards
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/lessons-learned-a-legend-luna-leopolds-view-river <-- shared details of Dr. Luna Leopold from the USGS
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https://fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-patch-by-john-mcphee.html <-- shared details of The Patch, by John McPhee
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https://eos.org/opinions/luna-b-leopold-geoscience-pioneer <--shared EOS retrospective of Dr Leopold
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I was reading - with a mug of tea - The Patch (link above) by John McPhee, a decades-old favourite author of mine - and came across this short essay amongst many fine others…
#spatial #datalover #measurements #metrics #hydrology #water #fedservice #fedscience #LunaLeopold #hydrologist #crossdiscipline #RockefellerCivilServiceAward #USGS #JohnMcPhee #writing #readingforpleasure #mission #opendata #mapping #waterresources #watersecurity #wateruse #watermanagement
@USGS
@etherdiver same here, alert, then two seconds later some door rattles. Cool. Thanks @usgsearthquakes #USGS #earthquake
A merit-based federal workforce, rather than a political patronage system, has been crucial for improving US #earthquake safety and disaster response. Quake researchers explain why retaining these experts is vital for public safety. https://buff.ly/ge0rWzN
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That's a big 6.9 magnitude #earthquake on the Reykjanes Ridge moving the needles on the #USGS seismic equipment 2,076 miles distant at the #WestportObservatory this morning. No Tsunami alerts issued. https://ow.ly/G0a550VtX1Z
More big shaking on the #USGS seismometers at the #WestportObservatory this morning. A magnitude 7 #earthquake struck the island Kingdom of #Tonga, in #Micronesia 7,677 miles from #WestportCT. https://ow.ly/lvkE50Vr3Mu
Update. "Global Science in Danger"
https://blog.scielo.org/en/2025/03/26/global-science-in-danger/
"Recently, the government of the United States of America (USA) has frightened the scientific community…by censoring terms used in scientific communications and funding proposals…The idea that this is just relevant to American scientists or scientists from elsewhere working in America is not correct; with researchers the world over being affected. In the Netherlands, for instance, some researchers monitoring the state of forests…have received email messages, ostensibly from the #USGS (United States Geological Survey) and labelled “High Priority”. A list of questions was attached with the request to respond with answers within a week of receiving the email. The USGS indicated that sending these messages had been ordered by the United States Office of Management and Budget (#OMB)."
Merced River, Yosemite National Park, today. For more information https://apps.usgs.gov/hivis/camera/CA_Merced_River_at_Happy_Isles_Bridge_Yosemite and https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm and #interpretation #nps #nationalparks #publiclands #landscapephotography #photography Image credit U.S. Geological Survey #yosemite #cawx #usgs #research #water #river #spring
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this morning. Image credit USGS/USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Learn more at https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/kilauea/volcano-updates and https://www.nps.gov/havo/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm and #nps #nationalparks #interpretation #geology #usgs #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #hawaii #volcano #eruption #kilauea
Greg Cocks 
