USGS WARC Leads Offshore Expedition off Aleutian Islands
This effort will enhance our understanding of the Aleutian Islands' natural hazards, potential seabed minerals, and deep corals
This effort will enhance our understanding of the Aleutian Islands' natural hazards, potential seabed minerals, and deep corals
USGS WARC Science in the Gulf of America
Our ecosystems science center provides unbiased, actionable, and timely scientific information, expertise, and tools to support the management and restoration of natural resources on, in, and around the Gulf of America.
Our ecosystems science center provides unbiased, actionable, and timely scientific information, expertise, and tools to support the management and restoration of natural resources on, in, and around the Gulf of America.
USGS scientists find new relationships between elevation change and wetland loss in Mississippi River Delta
Study shows elevation gain can be a sign of wetland loss
Study shows elevation gain can be a sign of wetland loss
Citizen Scientist Helps USGS Confirm Unique Population of Threatened Turtle
Amphibians have one more thing to worry about - mercury - large USGS study shows
WARC scientists co-author recent publication assessing the presence of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S.
WARC scientists co-author recent publication assessing the presence of methylmercury in adult amphibians in the U.S.
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
WARC conducts relevant and objective research, develops new approaches and technologies, and disseminates scientific information needed to understand, manage, conserve, and restore wetlands and other aquatic and coastal ecosystems and their associated plant and animal communities throughout the nation and the world.
News
AquaDePTH: Merging Aquatic Disease Surveillance Data into One Useful Tool
AquaDePTH: Merging Aquatic Disease Surveillance Data into One Useful Tool
Fisheries of the Aleutian Arc and Alaska: Their Importance, Challenges, and the Role of Exploration
Fisheries of the Aleutian Arc and Alaska: Their Importance, Challenges, and the Role of Exploration
Exploring Critical Minerals and Volcanic Processes in Aleutian Rocks
Exploring Critical Minerals and Volcanic Processes in Aleutian Rocks
Publications
Early season tropical cyclones affect birds breeding on a barrier island Early season tropical cyclones affect birds breeding on a barrier island
Animal populations often experience acute natural disturbances, most of which are connected to short—term weather events. Occurrences of early—season tropical cyclones during the peak of the avian breeding season are likely to increase with climate change, which can substantially impact populations of coastal breeding birds at multiple scales. To understand the acute impacts of severe...
Variation in soil organic carbon across a latitudinal chronosequence of mangrove poleward expansion Variation in soil organic carbon across a latitudinal chronosequence of mangrove poleward expansion
The critical carbon sink provided by coastal wetlands, known as blue carbon, can be affected by multiple aspects of climate change. One important example is warming-induced mangrove poleward expansion, which is shifting dominant plant cover across tropical–temperate transitional zones and altering ecosystem structure and function. We examined how mangrove expansion affects soil organic...
An expert elicitation to inform coastal management decision-making for mitigating future hazards An expert elicitation to inform coastal management decision-making for mitigating future hazards
A scientific expert elicitation was conducted to address the feasibility of restoring coastal environments in response to future hazards to best meet management objectives. Subject matter experts produced probabilistic estimates of coastal change metrics used to evaluate decision objectives and alternatives informed by a stakeholder advisory group. Changes in salt marsh extents, storm...