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The Great Salt Lake fault spans the eastern margin of the Great Salt Lake, Utah (USA) and includes the ∼30-km-long Fremont Island (FI) and ∼35-km-long Antelope Island (AI) sections; white arrows mark section boundaries.

Regional bathymetric map of Southern California and California Continental Borderland, from the study Interplay Between Tectonics and Submarine Mass Transport Deposits in Cortes Basin: New High-Resolution Geophysics in the Outer California Borderland.

Storm waves from Typhoon Merbok impact Nome, Alaska.

Floodwaters in Nome, Alaska during Typhoon Merbok.

Kipnuk flood staff, left to right: installation in 2023; flood event in August 2024; flood event in June 2025; and a June 2026 photo showing the aftermath of ex-Typhoon Halong, which flooded Kipnuk in October 2025. Halong's floodwaters surpassed the height of the flood staff and led to the evacuation of the town's residents.

Map showing modeled velocity hazard for a 1-year return period storm with 50cm of sea-level rise in Elim, Alaska.

Map showing modeled flood extent and first floor elevations in Kotzebue, Alaska

Typhoon Merbok storm surge damage. Photo by Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

Topo-bathymetric digital elevation model availability for western Alaska.

Map showing locations of near-real time coastal monitoring equipment in western Alaska.

Topo-bathymetric digital elevation model for Little Diomede Island, Alaska.

Map showing modeled velocity hazard for a 100-year return period storm with 50cm of sea-level rise in Elim, Alaska.

Modeled flood hazard maps for multiple flood scenarios in Unalakleet, Alaska.

Scientists collecting bore cores aboard the American Samoa Mapping Project expedition.

The next generation of the Seabed Observation and Sampling System—SEABOSS 3.0—is steadily coming to life.

The next generation of the Seabed Observation and Sampling System—SEABOSS 3.0—is steadily coming to life.

The next generation of the Seabed Observation and Sampling System—SEABOSS 3.0—is steadily coming to life.

Underwater imagery of the substrate and coral reef habitat on the Kona Coast of the Island of Hawaii. Imagery data release: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/idsviewer/data_release/10.5066-P13ZPWNS/

Andy O'Neill with the CSBPA Joe Johnson Outstanding Service Award.

Maps of spatial patterns of live coral cover and change by site at Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site. A) Mean baseline survey of percentage of live coral cover. B) Mean resurvey of percentage of live coral. C) Percent change of live coral cover between the baseline and resurvey.

Tethered drop-camera system used to assess coral cover. A) Camera system lowered below the vessel. B) Camera system held roughly 1–3 meters above the seabed. From the study Evaluation of Benthic Habitat Change within the National Historic Sites of Hawaiʻi’s Kona Coast.