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

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Beach surveys to monitor change along northern Monterey Bay

Beach surveys to monitor change along northern Monterey Bay

From October 9–15, USGS personnel surveyed beaches and the adjacent ocean floor along Monterey Bay’s northern coast.

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City of Santa Cruz staff briefed on USGS science activities

City of Santa Cruz staff briefed on USGS science activities

On October 17, 2018, 17 staff members from the City of Santa Cruz, California toured USGS facilities in the city.

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USGS scientists provide input for workshop on scientific drilling targets in the north Pacific Ocean

USGS scientists provide input for workshop on scientific drilling targets in the north Pacific Ocean

Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center research geologist Danny Brothers attended the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) workshop on the...

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Large underwater experiment in Monterey Canyon shows turbidity currents involve seafloor movement

Large underwater experiment in Monterey Canyon shows turbidity currents involve seafloor movement

Large underwater experiment in California’s Monterey Canyon shows that “turbidity currents” are not just currents, but involve movement of the...

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Moving Mountains: Elwha River Still Changing Five Years After World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project

Moving Mountains: Elwha River Still Changing Five Years After World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project

Starting in 2011, the National Park Service removed two obsolete dams, the world’s largest dam-removal project to date. Over the next five years...

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USGS surveys the southern Monterey Bay coast to study changing beaches

USGS surveys the southern Monterey Bay coast to study changing beaches

From September 12–14, scientists from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center used all-terrain vehicles and small watercraft to map the...

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Congressman Jimmy Panetta visits USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Congressman Jimmy Panetta visits USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

On September 18, 2018, Congressman Jimmy Panetta (20th district, California) and staffer Emmanuel Garcia visited the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine...

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USGS coastal flood maps assist emergency planning for Hurricane Lane

USGS coastal flood maps assist emergency planning for Hurricane Lane

As Hurricane Lane approached Hawaiʻi, personnel in the Honolulu Emergency Operations Center on Oahu contacted Curt Storlazzi of the USGS Pacific...

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Hurricane Maria’s impacts on deep-water coral reefs off Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria’s impacts on deep-water coral reefs off Puerto Rico

USGS research geologist Curt Storlazzi was quoted in an August 22 Nature news article about Hurricane Maria’s effects on deep-water coral reefs off...

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USGS-NOAA cruise maps Cascadia subduction zone to assess earthquake hazards

USGS-NOAA cruise maps Cascadia subduction zone to assess earthquake hazards

From July 31 to August 23, a joint USGS-NOAA cruise mapped seafloor depths, texture, and gas seeps in the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of...

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