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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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Open House Welcomes Enthusiastic Visitors to Santa Cruz Office

Open House Welcomes Enthusiastic Visitors to Santa Cruz Office

Scientists at the USGS offices in Santa Cruz, California participated in the Open House on Saturday, December 9, 2017, excited to share their science...

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Elementary school students visit USGS office in Santa Cruz

Elementary school students visit USGS office in Santa Cruz

On January 17, 4th and 5th graders from De Laveaga Elementary School visited the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz...

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TV interview with NBC Philadelphia about flooding threats to U.S. East Coast

TV interview with NBC Philadelphia about flooding threats to U.S. East Coast

USGS geologist Patrick Barnard gave a live interview to Philadelphia's NBC10 meteorologist Tammie Souza on January 23 during a national weather...

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USGS scientist explains how king tides provide a glimpse of future sea levels

USGS scientist explains how king tides provide a glimpse of future sea levels

USGS geologist Patrick Barnard spoke to the public at a “Coffee and King Tides” gathering held in Half Moon Bay, California, on December 4.

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USGS coastal-flooding projections inform national defense authorization act

USGS coastal-flooding projections inform national defense authorization act

Results of USGS research investigating sea-level rise impacts to Department of Defense (DoD) facilities in Pacific atolls are included in the National...

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Enthusiastic response to open house at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz

Enthusiastic response to open house at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz

USGS scientists at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, spoke with an estimated 300 visitors during a December 9...

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Unusual Mineral Deposits Record the Unique History of the Arctic Ocean

Unusual Mineral Deposits Record the Unique History of the Arctic Ocean

Little is known about marine mineral deposits in the Arctic Ocean, an ocean dominated by shallow areas of continental shelf and deep basins with...

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Graduate Students View Evidence of Carmel River Recovery after First Large Dam Removal in California

Graduate Students View Evidence of Carmel River Recovery after First Large Dam Removal in California

On October 14, 2017, geologist Amy East of the USGS and biologist Tommy Williams of the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service led a field trip to the...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - November-December 2017

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - November-December 2017

Last month USGS scientists visited more than 13 coastal and offshore locations—plus one very much onshore location—studying hurricane damage, an...

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USGS provides information about Alaska coastal change to Scientific American

USGS provides information about Alaska coastal change to Scientific American

USGS scientists at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center spoke by phone with Scientific American writer Andrea Thompson on November 15.

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