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(A) Cryosphere coverage and decadal hydroclimatic change rates in the glacial basin (Xiehela at Tien Shan), nival basin (Qiaqiga at Tien Shan), pluvial basin (Yingluoxia at Qilian Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau), and mixed-regime basin (Qiemo at Kunlun Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau).

Winter sunset in Santa Cruz, California, near the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Cover of Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center General Information Product, released on December 1, 2023.

Hydrothermal chimneys at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Tubeworms found at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping, in October-November 2023.

Collecting rock samples from the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, during the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

NCA5 contributors from PCMSC (from left to right: Eric Grossman, Li Erikson, Patrick Barnard, Amy East, and

Animated GIF showing a comparison between low-quality and high-resolution seafloor mapping of a deep-sea canyon system.

Animated GIF of a ship using multibeam sonar to map the seafloor, adapted from video provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration.

Compressed high-intensity radar pulse (chirp) profile HFC-9 located south of the Cross-Hosgri slope (CHS). Profile crosses the midshelf region and images the extensive transgressive surface of erosion unconformity (blue) also seen below the CHS. The seafloor is delineated in red.

Animated GIF of methane bubbles rising from a seafloor seep in Astoria Canyon.

A figure showing global projections of storm surges using high-resolution climate models, from the study Global projections of storm surges using high-resolution CMIP6 climate models.

Cross-sections of the southern Cascadia margin, showing the subsurface structure of the outer arc high, from the study Diving deeper into seep distribution along the Cascadia Convergent Margin, USA.

Figure with map showing deep-sea dump site and photos of AUVs, from the study Wide-Area Debris Field and Seabed Characterization of a Deep Ocean Dump Site Surveyed by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.

Barrel of DDT at deep-sea dump site encircled by bluish-green microbial ring, from the study Wide-area debris field and seabed characterization of a deep ocean dump site surveyed by autonomous underwater vehicles.

Regional overview map of the Cascadia convergent margin with the locations of methane seeps, from the study Diving deeper into seep distribution along the Cascadia Convergent Margin, USA.

A figure showing metamodel outputs to downscale total water levels in open beaches, from the PCMSC Science Seminar presented by Manuel Zornoza-Aguado.

Close-up of a coral core collected aboard the Hawaiian Drowned Reefs Expedition in late 2023.

National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) composite images showing water depth after 1.6 feet (ft) (0.5 meter [m]) and 3.3 feet (1.0 m) of sea-level rise (SLR) for 50 percent, 10 percent, and 4 percent annual exceedance probability (AEP) stream floods, which are expected in coming decades and which will increasingly affect groundwater, drainage issues, and freque

Nooksack River watershed area map, from the study Compound flood model for the lower Nooksack River and delta, western Washington—Assessment of vulnerability and nature-based adaptation opportunities to mitigate higher se

Aerial image of Lower Nooksack River flooding its banks in 2009, from the study Compound flood model for the lower Nooksack River and delta, western Washington—Assessment of vulnerability and nature-based adaptation oppor