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Burned hillslopes shedding sediment at the site of the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Fire in California.

Boulders deposited by post-fire debris flow at the site of the 2020 Dolan Fire in California.

Map showing North Cascadia regional tectonic setting, from the study Post-glacial stratigraphy and late Holocene record of great Cascadia earthquakes in Ozette Lake, Washington, USA.

Representative boomer and co-located chirp profiles that extend along axis of southwestern distal basin of Ozette Lake, from the study Post-glacial stratigraphy and late Holocene record of great Cascadia earthquakes in Oze

Underwater footage of seafloor massive sulfides, taken from a remotely operated vehicle.

Underwater footage of marine phosphorites on seafloor, taken from a remotely operated vehicle.

Underwater footage of ferromanganese crust on seafloor, taken from a remotely operated vehicle.

Underwater footage of manganese nodules on seafloor, taken from a remotely operated vehicle.

Maps showing output example for SWAN model for St Thomas and St Coix, US Virgin Islands, from the study Quantifying the Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Study area for US Virgin Islands, from the study Quantifying the Coastal Hazard Risk Reduction Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Overview map of the San Francisco Bay area with location and type of new samples reported in the study Reversal in estuarine sand supply driven by Holocene sea level rise: A model for sand transport in large structural estuaries, San Francisco Bay, California, USA.

Pleistocene to Holocene chronology of the San Francisco (San Francisco) Bay region highlighting sea level fluctuations and anthropogenic events.

Updated in 2024, this index map of the U.S. Cascadia margin shows where data have been collected since 2018 as part of the Subduction Zone Marine Geohazards Project.

Scientists deploying a chirp sub-bottom profiler in Prince William Sound, Alaska, as part of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geohazards of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska project.

Research Vessel Alaskan Gyre in Prince William Sound conducting Chirp and Sparker geophysical surveys to look for submarine landslide deposits, which are a major tsunami hazard in the fjord regions and also provide a record of large earthquake recurrence.

Map showing location of major faults and offshore basins of the San Francisco area, from the study Vertical tectonic deformation associated with the San Andreas fault zone offshore of San Francisco, California.

Regional map of southern California showing the study region from Dana Point to La Jolla Cove.

Examples of invasive species likely to leave a fossil record: a, Asian clams at Teddington Lock on the River Thames, UK; b, Asian clams in the River Soar, Leicestershire, UK; c, quagga mussels revealed on the rocks lining Grafham Water reservoir, UK, during low water levels.; d, zebra mussels on a native freshwater clam in Manitoba, Canada; e, Himalayan balsam along

Late 20th and 21st century production of avocados, coconuts, mangos, peach, walnut, palm kernels, snails and medium-density fiberboard.

A USGS researcher in a kayak tows instruments to measure water level and suspended-sediment concentration in Whale's Tail South marsh, San Francisco Bay, CA.

Aerial orthomosaic photo of Whale's Tail Marsh south (WTMS) in May 2022 with marsh-edge boundary drawn in orange at elevation of the scarp head contour.