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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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USGS Scientists Receive Interior Department Award for Elwha River Dam-Removal Study

USGS Scientists Receive Interior Department Award for Elwha River Dam-Removal Study

Nineteen current and former U.S. Geological Survey scientists and their collaborators from other state, federal, and tribal agencies received a U.S...

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USGS provides critical science to support California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment

USGS provides critical science to support California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment

Scientists from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center lead a suite of research projects that provided foundational science to California...

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Recent Publications - August 2018

Recent Publications - August 2018

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

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Bend in an Offshore Fault Helps Shape the Rugged Terrain of California’s Big Sur Coast: New USGS Report on the San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault

Bend in an Offshore Fault Helps Shape the Rugged Terrain of California’s Big Sur Coast: New USGS Report on the San Gregorio-Hosgri Fault

New report on how the bend in an offshore fault helps shape the Big Sur coast

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Geographer and Marine Ecologist Joins Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geographer and Marine Ecologist Joins Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Kristen Cumming will work with the Coral Reef Project and the Coastal Climate Impacts Project.

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Are Invasive Plants Trapping the Sediment that a Healthy Estuary Needs? Sweating the Small Stuff in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

Are Invasive Plants Trapping the Sediment that a Healthy Estuary Needs? Sweating the Small Stuff in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta

In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - August 2018

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - August 2018

USGS scientists visited seven coastal and offshore locations studying methane seeps in the North Sea, coral reefs in American Samoa, marshes in...

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New instruments installed to measure Arctic coastal erosion

New instruments installed to measure Arctic coastal erosion

In July 2018, three USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center researchers installed instruments and hosted a community outreach event.

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Scientists complete mission to map fast-moving fault off Alaska: Data will help coastal communities prepare for risks from earthquakes and tsunamis

Scientists complete mission to map fast-moving fault off Alaska: Data will help coastal communities prepare for risks from earthquakes and tsunamis

Researchers from NOAA, U.S. Geological Survey and their partners have completed the first high-resolution, comprehensive mapping of one of the fastest...

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USGS 2017 Excellence in Leadership Award Honors Scientists Who Assess Coastal Flooding Threats

USGS 2017 Excellence in Leadership Award Honors Scientists Who Assess Coastal Flooding Threats

Patrick Barnard and Li Erikson of the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California are recognized for their leadership in...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - July 2018

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - July 2018

USGS scientists visited more than a dozen coastal and offshore locations studying Arctic bluffs in Alaska, wetland sediments on Long Island, coral...

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