Images

Schematic of the trace metal inputs in a potential deep-sea mining dewatering waste plume and accidental spills from both the riser pipe and the mining platform. The section plot is dissolved oxygen concentrations along 12° N. Dissolved oxygen data are retrieved from the World Ocean Atlas 2018 annual climatology, and the gray contours are oxygen concentrations.

Regional land area/bathymetric map including submarine landslides, headwall scarps, and mass wasting zones compiled and mapped offshore of southern California for the study A comprehensive assessment of submarine landslides and mass wasting processes offshore southern California.

San Nicolas slide.

Map showing aftershock zones of great Aleutian Islands, Alaska, earthquakes in the 20th century. Red solid line with pink fill indicates aftershock zone of the 1957 Aleutian Islands earthquake from Sykes et al.

Animated GIF of a simulation of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska 1957 magnitude 8.6 tsunami.

Cover image for flyover and timelapse at the Elwha River Mouth on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Cover image for timelapse at Lower Lake Mills from Glines Canyon Dam, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington.

Cover image for timelapse at Glines Canyon Dam, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at Lake Mills Delta, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at Lower Lake Aldwell, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for virtual flythrough of Glines Canyon, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at the Elwha River Mouth on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at Former Lake Mills, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at Glines Canyon, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at Lake Aldwell Delta, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Cover image for timelapse at Elwha Dam, Elwha River, on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. 

Distinguished Service Award for Research Geologist Curt Storlazzi, presented on May 8, 2024.

Honorees pose with their awards at the 77th DOI Honor Awards Convocation on May 8, 2024.

The United States has ECS in seven offshore areas: the Arctic, Atlantic (east coast), Bering Sea, Pacific (west coast), Mariana Islands, and two areas in the Gulf of America.  The U.S. ECS area is approximately one million square kilometers – an area about twice the size of California.

Overview map of the Mississippi River delta showing subaerial birdfoot morphology formed by distributaries.

Underwater image of artificial reef structures developed by University of Miami researchers. The experimental structures were installed near Miami in an effort to help restore damaged coral reefs and protect coastal environments.