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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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George Tate Retires from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

George Tate Retires from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Geologist and engineer George Tate retires after many years of service to the USGS.

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Climate Change Reduces Coral Reefs’ Ability to Protect Coasts

Climate Change Reduces Coral Reefs’ Ability to Protect Coasts

Climate change may reduce the ability of coral reefs to protect tropical islands against wave attack, erosion, and salinization of the drinking-water...

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Northern Alaska Coastal Erosion Threatens Habitat and Infrastructure

Northern Alaska Coastal Erosion Threatens Habitat and Infrastructure

In a new study published July 2015, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that the remote northern Alaska coast has some of the...

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Climate Change Reduces Coral Reefs’ Ability to Protect Coasts

Climate Change Reduces Coral Reefs’ Ability to Protect Coasts

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Coral reefs, under pressure from climate change and direct human activity, may have a reduced ability to protect tropical islands...

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Dive In! Explore Thousands of Coastal and Seafloor Images along U.S. Coasts

Dive In! Explore Thousands of Coastal and Seafloor Images along U.S. Coasts

Thousands of photographs and videos of the seafloor and coastline—most areas never seen before—are now easily accessible online.

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Undamming Washington’s Elwha River—Public Lecture on Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History

Undamming Washington’s Elwha River—Public Lecture on Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History

On February 26, 2015 at the USGS campus in Menlo Park, California, USGS research geologist Amy East gave a public lecture on the largest dam removal...

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Future Wave and Wind Effects on Pacific Islands—Projections Will Assist Planning for Climate Change

Future Wave and Wind Effects on Pacific Islands—Projections Will Assist Planning for Climate Change

Climate changes during the 21st century are expected to alter the highest waves and strongest winds across U.S. and U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands.

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California Seafloor Mapping Program Reaches Milestone

California Seafloor Mapping Program Reaches Milestone

The first phase of map and geospatial data publications, comprising six USGS Scientific Investigations Maps and associated data files centered on the...

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Scientific Portrait of the Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History

Scientific Portrait of the Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History

Scientists worked together to examine and report the effects of removing two large dams from the Elwha River in Washington State, the largest dam...

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VIPS Learn about Climate Change Impacts along San Francisco’s Outer Coast

VIPS Learn about Climate Change Impacts along San Francisco’s Outer Coast

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Acting USGS Director Suzette Kimball, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee took part in a coastal climate change...

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