Helicopter Support Fire Operations (9398)
West Mims Wildfire at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Photos taken during a strategic firing operation along GA 177 in The Pocket near Stephen C Foster SP.
Imelyak climate station (9286)
Imelyak climate station. The Noatak basin is internationally recognized as a Biosphere Reserve. Under this United Nations scientific program, the area’s ecological and genetic components provide baseline data f... More
Aerial photo of center pivot irrigations systems (9364)
Aerial photo of center pivot irrigations systems.
Aerial Photo of flooding caused by Hurricane Florence (9413)
Aerial view from a South Carolina National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, of Florence, Nichols, Conway and Waccamaw, South Carolina, USA, impacted by floodwaters, Sep... More
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Nevada, USA (9230)
Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Nevada, USA. The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is a solar thermal power project with an installed capacity of 110 megawatt (MW)[4] and 1.1 gigawatt-hours of energy st... More
Dropping fire retardant near a national gas plant (9408)
A large airtanker (LAT) drops retardant near a natural gas plant on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in an effort to protect the plant from the Oil Springs Fire south of Rangely, Colorado, USA. The retardant did not c... More
Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation after wildfire (9397)
Erosion barriers installed after the 2012 Charlotte Fire, Pocatello Field Office, in Idaho, USA.
Geothermal energy (9208)
Newberry Geothermal Lease Project. The project, near Bend, Oregon, USA, involves new technology, techniques and advanced monitoring protocols to test the feasibility and viability of enhanced geothermal systems... More
Assessing and repairing storm damage in the Angeles National Forest (9...
USDA Forest Service assessing and repairing storm damage in the Angeles National Forest, California, USA, and across the state, March 18, 2023.
Assessing and repairing storm damage in the Angeles National Forest (9...
USDA Forest Service assessing and repairing storm damage in the Angeles National Forest, California, USA, and across the state, March 18, 2023.
Assessing and repairing storm damage in the Angeles National Forest (9...
Zach Binversie, a Forest Service transportation engineer on the Angeles National Forest inspecting damaged roadways. Angeles National Forest, California, USA, and across the state, March 18, 2023.
Avocado and lemon orchards, California (9323)
Father and daughter, Salvador Prieto and Nadya Prieto use a six-wheeled utility vehicle to check the irrigation system in the family’s Hass avocado and Meyer lemon orchards in Somis, California, USA, on Nov 15,... More
Buying groceries in Mumbai (1109)
Although taken before the Covid 19 Pandemic reached India, this image shows a couple purchasing groceries from a food vendor alone. While various states have announced extending the lockdown till April 30 2020,... More
Cattle in Canyon, Texas (9382)
Dawn Cattle Feeders in Canyon, Texas.
Cattle in Canyon, Texas (9383)
Dawn Cattle Feeders in Canyon, Texas.
Community garden in New York (9384)
Taqwa Community Farm is a half-acre park operated as a community garden in the Highbridge neighborhood, which is considered a food desert of the Bronx, New York City, USA.
Community garden in New York (9385)
Taqwa Community Farm Director Abu Talib, works in the half-acre park operated as a community garden in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City, USA.
Coral research (1039)
This scientist is studying coral reefs in Virgin Islands National Park.
Fire behavior assessment team checks (9371)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) Adaptive Management Services Enterprise Team (AMSET) Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) Fire Ecologist Alicia Reiner and Fire and Aviation Management ... More
Flooded farmers field (989)
Flooding and water damage in the Park and Tongue River Watersheds located in Cavalier, Pembina and Cavalier Counties in ND on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Flood damage in Yellowstone National Park (9367)
Flood Damage to Northeast Entrance Road from Soda Butte Creek. Yellowstone National Park, USA.
Hydrogen fuel cell bus (9196)
Mercedes Benz Citaro hydrogen fuel cell bus, London, England.
Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station (9407)
A Incident Remote Automatic Weather Station used on the Boulder 2700 Fire in Montana, USA, helped to provide real-time weather data for wildfire managers.
Installing installation in an attic (9337)
Installing installation in an attic.
Park Employee Pulls a Whitebark Seedling from a Bag (9321)
Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) is a keystone species that lives at high elevations. These trees are threatened by native pine beetles, non-native blister rust fungus, and human-caused climate change. Glacie... More
Permafrost revealed by coastal erosion (9354)
Coastal erosion reveals the extent of ice-rich permafrost underlying active layer on the Arctic Coastal Plain in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area of the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska. Credit: Brandt Meixell, USGS
Pollination in New York (9388)
Sunflowers encourage pollination from the bees and other insects at the North Brooklyn Farm (NBF) in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge is a site for agritourism where crops are grown. New York, USA.
Saguro Cactus Impact (1060)
WHAT IS SHOWN: Saguaro cactus loss in Saguaro National Park between 1935 and 2010. It can be easy to fall into the trap of ascribing any landscape change to "climate change," but the story of saguaros is much m... More
Stormwater management (9193)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources and Conservation Service (NRCS) Stormwater management at this beach parking lot controls the quantity and quality of the rain and stormwater that runs off... More
The Ashalim power station, Israel (9226)
The Ashalim power station is a solar power station in the Negev desert near the kibbutz of Ashalim, south of the district city of Be'er Sheva in Israel.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline (9355)
A view of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, from the northern Brooks Range, Alaska, USA.
Two Somali men sitting looking over Mogadishu fishing port (1616)
SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken 16 March 2013 and release by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team 18 March, two Somali men look out across Mogadishu's fishing harbour in the early... More
Wildfire at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis (9402)
A U.S. Air Force fire truck responds to a large wildfire Apr. 9, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio - Camp Bullis demolition range area, Texas, USA. JBSA-Camp Bullis comprises more than 27,000 acres of ranges, trai... More
Wildfire firefighter training, USA (9399)
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, complete initial tactical training with civilian firefighters working with the U.S. Forest Service in the Umpqua... More
Container farming, New York (9387)
Farmer Sara Constantineau grows, harvests and packages three different varieties of basil in a container at Square Roots, located in Brooklyn, New York. Square Roots is an agricultural training farm that oper... More
DOE weatherization services (677)
David Poindexter with Veterans Green Jobs, puts moisture barrier and insulation into the crawl space of this Lakewood, Colorado, home. This home is part of the Energy Department's Weatherization Assistance Pro... More
Flooding in New Orleans (674)
OVER NEW ORLEANS -- Tech. Sgt. Keith Berry looks down into flooded streets searching for survivors. He is part of an Air Force Reserve team credited with saving more than 1,040 people in the aftermath of Hurri... More
Building solar (673)
Construction workers attach a solar panel to a stand at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012. This is one of three, one-megawatt solar arrays that are now complete and producing power.
A flooded American street (1433)
MINOT, N.D. – 10 feet of water flood nearly 20 percent of the neighborhood throughout the city of Minot Dakota, leaving more than 4,000 homes inundated by flooding, June 25. With the Souris River expected to cr... More
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado (9306)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm lands, near Wiggins, Colorado on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops.
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado (9308)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm lands, near Wiggins, Colorado on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops.
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm land (9240)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm lands, 16 miles SE of Ft. Morgan, Colorado on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops.
Aerial Photos of flooding caused by Hurricane Florence (9433)
Aerial view from a South Carolina National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, of Florence, Nichols, Conway and Waccamaw, South Carolina, USA, impacted by floodwaters, Sep... More
Aerial Photos of flooding caused by Hurricane Florence (9412)
Aerial view from a South Carolina National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, of Florence, Nichols, Conway and Waccamaw, South Carolina, USA, impacted by floodwaters, Sep... More
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado (9307)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado dryland crops near Byers, Colorado, on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated.
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado (9309)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado dryland crops near Byers, Colorado, on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated.
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm land (9238)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm lands, 83 miles east of Denver, Colorado on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops.
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm land (9243)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm lands, near Wiggins, Colorado on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops.
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm land (9242)
Aerial views of drought affected Colorado farm lands, 83 miles east of Denver, Colorado on Saturday, July 21, 2012. Green areas are irrigated, the yellow areas are dryland wheat crops.
Agritourism in New York (9389)
A lone eggplant waits to be picked at the North Brooklyn Farm (NBF) in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge is a site for agritourism where crops are grown. New York, USA.
Arctic sea ice melt (956)
Sampling Melt Ponds. On July 10, 2011, Jens Ehn of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (left), and Christie Wood of Clark University (right), scooped water from melt ponds on sea ice in the Chukchi Sea. The wat... More
Ascension Island Green Way (9294)
Mr. Damien Cuello uses the more than 110-foot high view from a 900kW wind turbine to get a better visual inspection of the other 900kW turbine and four other 225kW turbines at 45th Operations Group Detachment 2... More
Urban forestry seen from and on the High Line in New York (9239)
High Line, an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today it is a 1.45-mile-long linear public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New Y... More
Coney Island sand loss (1189)
Coney Island landmarks are visible as crews work to place sand and restore the beach at Coney Island Friday September 20, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is placing roughly 600,000 cubic yards of sand at... More
New York Highline Park (1085)
High Line is an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today it is a 1.45-mile-long linear public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New... More
Monitoring protocol (9370)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service land managers and biologists learn standardized monitoring protocol as part of Native Prairie Adaptive Management Project.
Flooding in Louisiana (1112)
Soldiers help rescued residents out the back of a high-water vehicle after severe flooding in Baton Rouge, LA Aug. 14, 2016. Guardsmen have rescued more than 3,400 people and 400 pets since operations began Aug... More
Urban forestry seen from and on the High Line in New York (9241)
Examples of urban forestry are seen from and on the High Line, an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today it is a 1.45-mile-long linear public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Fri... More
Urban forestry seen from and on the High Line in New York (9248)
Examples of urban forestry are seen from and on the High Line, an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today it is a 1.45-mile-long linear public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Fri... More
Urban forestry seen from and on the High Line in New York (9237)
High Line volunteer Anne Heany spends an early morning hand watering drought-tolerant plants along the High Line an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today the High Line is a 1.45-mile-long l... More
Urban forestry seen from and on the High Line in New York (9244)
Examples of urban forestry are seen from and on the High Line, an elevated railway line owned by the City of New York, today it is a 1.45-mile-long linear public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Fri... More
Flooded Suburb from Hurricane (916)
Views of inundated areas in New Orleans following breaking of the levees surrounding the city as the result of Hurricane Katrina. September 11, 2005.
Devastation from Hurricane Ike (1022)
Devastation of Bolivar Peninsula following Hurricane Ike. To help our coastal managers protect life and property and plan for hazardous events, NOAAs Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management works with s... More
Fire damage in California (9265)
Aerial photograph of fire damage in and around Santa Rosa, California, USA. October 11, 2017
Coastal erosion solutions (1158)
Sand placement started on the south side of the Newport Pier for the Sunny Isles Beach renourishment, part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project. November 1, 2017 (Phot... More
Hurricane Florence - South Carolina National Guard Responds (9414)
The South Carolina National Guard’s 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company, deployed from Abbeville, S.C. is prestaging equipment and rehearsing their plan of flood-response operation that included offloading large ra... More
Hurricane Florence - South Carolina National Guard Responds (9416)
The South Carolina National Guard’s 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company, deployed from Abbeville, S.C. is prestaging equipment and rehearsing their plan of flood-response operation that included offloading large ra... More
Hurricane Florence - South Carolina National Guard Responds (9415)
The South Carolina National Guard’s 125th Multi-Role Bridge Company, deployed from Abbeville, S.C. is prestaging equipment and rehearsing their plan of flood-response operation that included offloading large ra... More
Farming in the USA (9395)
Emily Chamelin is a professional sheep shearer who breeds Cheviots and raise lambs with her daughter Lydia Chamelin, 15. She raises Border Cheviots sheep and Miniature Zebu cattle on her farm in Westminster, Ma... More
Concept houses designed to collect rainwater and create shade (9253)
October 3, 2017, 61st and Pena Station, Denver, Colorado, the Wash U – St. Louis teams unveils their “CRETE” house, designed to collect rainwater in its large visible gutters which also serve as a source of sha... More
Native Plant Community Monitoring (9318)
Researchers conduct a census of vegetation along a transect in Point Mugu State Park, Santa Monica Mountains, USA. Plant communities are both constituents of and drivers of biodiversity. Loss of specific plant ... More
Energy cane harvest (9188)
Energy cane harvest U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS Sugarcane Research Unit scientists developed and released a new high-fiber variety of sugarcane, or energy cane, Ho 06-9... More
Energy cane harvest (9191)
Energy cane harvest U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS Sugarcane Research Unit scientists developed and released a new high-fiber variety of sugarcane, or energy cane, Ho 06-9... More
Energy cane harvest (9189)
U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS Sugarcane Research Unit scientists developed and released a new high-fiber variety of sugarcane, or energy cane, Ho 06-9002, in Houma, LA, a... More
Low water levels in Glen Canyon Dam (9300)
Low water levels in Glen Canyon Dam during drought. September 2021. The Glen Canyon dam is on the Colorado River in Northern Arizona, USA.
Greenhouse agriculture (9254)
Mastronardi Produce, Coldwater, MI, on April 3, 2018. Founded by Umberto Mastronardi more than 60 years ago, the fourth generation of the Mastronardi family owns and manages a year-round operation of greenhouse... More
Mississippi River floods, a flooded ranch (1786)
Joe Higdon reflects on the devastation his ranch sustained when Mississippi River floods waters swept over President's Island, Tennessee on Sunday, May 15. 2011.
Prescribed burning during eastern Oregon snowfall (9314)
Prescribed burning during eastern Oregon snowfall. Crews burned almost 500 acres of juniper piles near Chalk Hills during Thanksgiving weekend 2016. A 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture study estimated that si... More
Sheep farming, USA (9390)
Emily Chamelin is a professional sheep shearer who breeds Cheviots and raise lambs with her daughter Lydia Chamelin, 15. She raises Border Cheviots sheep and Miniature Zebu cattle on her farm in Westminster, Ma... More
Organic farming in Richmond, Virginia (9284)
Amy's Organic Garden owner Amy Hicks harvesting the greens at her farm in Charles City, Virginia, USA. Ms. Hicks' farm participates with Fall Line Farms a local food cooperative in the Richmond, VA area that of... More
No-till farming, USA (9392)
Mike Starkey harvests soybeans on a 135-acre field in Brownsburg, Indiana, USA, Sept. 23, 2022. Starkey practices no-till farming, plants cover crops in between cash crop season and rotates his fields between c... More
No-till farming, USA (9391)
Justin Buss plants soybeans into corn residue and wild mustard using a no-till planter on his farm in Vincennes, Indiana, USA on May 13, 2021.
Pine Gulch Fire (9405)
Night operations on the Pine Gulch Fire in Colorado, USA. August 2020.
Pine Gulch Fire (9403)
The Pine Gulch Fire in Colorado, USA. August 2020.
Pine Gulch Fire (9404)
Night operations on the Pine Gulch Fire in Colorado, USA. August 2020.
Smoke signature sample collection (9434)
Suffolk, VA, USA, August, 2011: Mike Dueitt, Incident Commander of the Southern Area Type 2 Incident Management Team, collects a sample of peat smoke at the Lateral West Fire burning on Great Dismal Swamp Natio... More
Rotational farming, USA (9394)
Emily Chamelin is a professional sheep shearer who breeds Cheviots and raise lambs with her daughter Lydia Chamelin, 15. She use rotational and intensive grazing management techniques on her farm in Westminster... More
Reforestation, Montana, USA (9215)
The Lolo National Forest planted 530,500 seedlings across 2,536 acres. Lolo National Forest, Western Montana, USA.
Soldiers on Dixie Fire (9401)
The U.S. Army Soldiers work with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) California Folsom Lake Veterans handcrew on the Dixie Fire, Lassen National Forest, California, USA. The Soldiers work on line construction i... More
Identifying and codifying plants (9369)
Here on Cornell WPA, seasonal employees learn how to identify and code plants for the Native Prairie Adaptive Management protocol. This large-scale project seeks to use models and feedback loops to adaptively m... More
Soil structure (9200)
Soil structure of hayground that was rested last year. Old layer of grass preserves carbon during drought. Ground hayed every year does not have old layer of protective grass. Ray Banister Ranch, Wibaux County,... More
Pine Gulch Fire (9406)
Night operations on the Pine Gulch Fire in Colorado, USA. August 2020.
Flooding in Bridgnorth, England (9272)
Flooding on the River Severn in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, during Storm Dennis. February 2020.
Children in a flooded street in Senegal (1588)
Next to flooding from heavy rain and sea level rise, is increasing of number and length of heat waves another impact of Climate Change in this region and especially for Saint-Louis. A bit of rain has already a ... More
Grazing pasture, South Dakota, USA (9199)
Overgrazed pasture versus ungrazed pasture in Fall River County, South Dakota. The left side of the fence is a pasture that has been overgrazed while the right side has not been grazed at all. Overgrazing reduc... More
National Guard flood response (9396)
U.S. Army Sgt. Tommy Willingham, a military police team leader assigned to the 132nd Military Police Company of the South Carolina Army National Guard in West Columbia, guards a road that was washed out in the ... More
Sheep and cattle at a feedlot in Colorado (9381)
Sheep and cattle at a feedlot in Colorado, USA, August 12, 2019.
Solar installation (1191)
105 solar panels are installed at Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, PA in mid September 2010. The Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, PA received a grant from the U. S. Department of A... More
Urban Beekeeping (1045)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Biological Science Technician Nathan Rice harvesting honey from the two colonies at the People's Garden Apiary on the USDA Headquarters ... More
Urban farm, Baltimore (9378)
University of Maryland Extension Urban Farmer Field School holds an educational event at Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm (PPHUF) in Baltimore, Md., USA, July 20, 2021. PPHUF was created by Farmer Chippy (pi... More