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In 2022, the USGS and partners embarked on a research expedition to Escanaba Trough off the coast of northern California. The multidisciplinary crew collected samples with a remotely operated vehicle and tested new seafloor mapping techniques using an autonomous underwater vehicle.

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Sound Waves Newsletter

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Read issues of the Sound Waves Newsletter, featuring “Coastal and Marine Research News from Across the USGS”

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Three-Week Expedition Images Sediments Beneath the Gulf of Alaska

Three-Week Expedition Images Sediments Beneath the Gulf of Alaska

This research cruise was the first opportunity for the USGS to conduct scientific investigations of the central Gulf of Alaska in more than 20 years...

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Summer Intern Working with Underwater Video Data from the Hawaiian Islands

Summer Intern Working with Underwater Video Data from the Hawaiian Islands

USGS intern was selected for the internship by the USGS/NAGT (National Association of Geoscience Teachers) Cooperative Field Training Program.

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International Team Studies Tsunami Deposits in Japan to Improve Understanding and Mitigation of Tsunami Hazards

International Team Studies Tsunami Deposits in Japan to Improve Understanding and Mitigation of Tsunami Hazards

The March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake was one of the five most powerful earthquakes recorded in the world since instrumental detection and record...

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Impacts of Armoring on Sheltered Shorelines: Puget Sound, Washington

Impacts of Armoring on Sheltered Shorelines: Puget Sound, Washington

Science experts from various agencies and universities have compiled a "state of the science" summary of information on the impacts of armoring on...

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Connecting Marshes to the Sea—Sediment in the Shallows of San Francisco Bay

Connecting Marshes to the Sea—Sediment in the Shallows of San Francisco Bay

Placing instruments into San Francisco Bay, California, for 6 weeks of gathering data on how bay waters move sediment.

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Message in a Saucer—USGS Drifter Lands on Vancouver Island, Canada, 40 Years After Release

Message in a Saucer—USGS Drifter Lands on Vancouver Island, Canada, 40 Years After Release

Like a message in a bottle, a yellow disk recently washed up on the shores of Long Beach in Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim National Park Reserve...

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Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, was unprecedented in the modern history of Japan, according to scientists at the U.S...

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Long-Lived, Slow-Growing Corals in Deep Waters of the Gulf of America

Long-Lived, Slow-Growing Corals in Deep Waters of the Gulf of America

Deep-sea coral ecosystems are now widely recognized as biodiversity hotspots.

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