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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”

Sound Waves Newsletter
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Coasts, Storms, and Sea Level Rise Geonarratives

Coasts, Storms, and Sea Level Rise Geonarratives

Explore our Nation's coasts and the risks they face from sea level rise, high-tide flooding, accelerated erosion and intensifying storms. Learn how...

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PCMSC researchers featured in Climate Science Video Series

PCMSC researchers featured in Climate Science Video Series

Each of us has a story. The U.S. Geological Survey employs 8,000 people, each with a unique role to support the agency’s mission of providing...

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Women making history in coastal and marine science

Women making history in coastal and marine science

Women across the USGS are making history every day. Meet some of our women staff and scientists across the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources...

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Photo Roundup - January-March 2022

Photo Roundup - January-March 2022

A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.

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News Briefs - January-March 2022

News Briefs - January-March 2022

News Briefs - featuring coastal and ocean science from across the USGS.

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Fire plus Flood equals Beach

Fire plus Flood equals Beach

A new study combines decades of coastal satellite imagery with hydrologic and oceanographic data to look at how changes on land affect coastlines in...

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Strong representation at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting from the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Strong representation at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting from the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Scientists and staff from the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program will have more than two dozen presentations during the week-long...

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Thermal Refugia in Reefs

Thermal Refugia in Reefs

Repeated heat stress can eventually kill off entire colonies of coral, turning once vibrant ecosystems into comparatively barren ones.

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New interagency report highlights alarming sea level rise predictions for all U.S. coastlines

New interagency report highlights alarming sea level rise predictions for all U.S. coastlines

The U.S. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard Scenarios and Tools Interagency Task Force published updated sea level rise projections out to 2150...

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Seven Decades of Coastal Change at Barter Island, AK

Seven Decades of Coastal Change at Barter Island, AK

The Beaufort Sea coast along the northern edge of Alaska is a place of extremes. Home to the northernmost year-round settlements in the United States...

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Eelgrass research in Puget Sound

Eelgrass research in Puget Sound

In an effort to understand the function of nearshore habitats and develop approaches to restore them to be resilient into the future, USGS and...

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