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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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Visualizing sea-level rise in Santa Monica, California

Visualizing sea-level rise in Santa Monica, California

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TV News Features USGS Use of Historical Photos to Measure Cliff Erosion in San Francisco

TV News Features USGS Use of Historical Photos to Measure Cliff Erosion in San Francisco

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Coring the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault zone in San Pablo Bay, California, to unravel the history of faulting beneath the bay

Coring the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault zone in San Pablo Bay, California, to unravel the history of faulting beneath the bay

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New Maps from Old Photos: Measuring Coastal Erosion

New Maps from Old Photos: Measuring Coastal Erosion

U.S. Geological Survey scientists and their coauthors from the California Coastal Records Project have found a way to use historical aerial...

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New techniques for measuring cliff change from historical photographs

New techniques for measuring cliff change from historical photographs

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USGS coral expert in wide-ranging panel discussion on "Understanding Coral Reefs"

USGS coral expert in wide-ranging panel discussion on "Understanding Coral Reefs"

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Link between two earthquake faults near San Francisco, California, revealed by detailed sub-seafloor mapping

Link between two earthquake faults near San Francisco, California, revealed by detailed sub-seafloor mapping

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Salmon Seen Upstream from Former Dam Sites on Washington’s Elwha River

Salmon Seen Upstream from Former Dam Sites on Washington’s Elwha River

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Recent Publications - August-September 2018

Recent Publications - August-September 2018

List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

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Sound Waves Newsletter - August-September 2016

Sound Waves Newsletter - August-September 2016

USGS helps the Government of India discover large, highly enriched, producible accumulations of natural gas hydrate in the Bay of Bengal, USGS re...

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International Recognition for Historic Elwha River Restoration

International Recognition for Historic Elwha River Restoration

NEW DELHI, INDIA – The collaborative work of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to restore the Elwha River of...

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Atlantic Methane Seeps Surprise Scientists

Atlantic Methane Seeps Surprise Scientists

Recent scientific work has confirmed the source, composition and origin of methane seeps on the Atlantic Ocean seafloor, discovered in 2012, where...

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