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An image captured from the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal Change Hazards portal on Sept. 24, 2024, illustrates how much of Florida's west coast is set to experience erosion, overwash, and inundation. (USGS image). 

Cover of the Coastal Science Navigator Companion Guide. The guide introduces some of the many coastal change hazards-related products available through the USGS. In it, we showcase the products included in the Coastal Science Navigator’s initial publication in July 2023.

The USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows predictions for the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi from Hurricane Francine.

Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Michael Itzkin of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center presented research on sediment transport in coastal regions at the International Conference on Coastal Engineering on 9/8-9/14/2024, in Rome, Italy. 

Breakout Table 4 Discussion of the Mayagüez Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” 

Breakout Table 1 Discussion of the Mayagüez Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.”

Group Photo of the Mayagüez Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management”Top row, from left to right: Priscila Vargas-Babilonia, Jaileen López Belén, Jack R. Friedman, Carmen Pérez, Milton Muñoz, Stephen Hughes, Ariam L. Torres-Cordero, Manuel Valdés-Pizzini, Carlos J. Carrero, Tania López, Adlin Melecio.

Breakout Table 2 Discussion of the Mayagüez Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” 

Breakout Table 3 Discussion of the Mayagüez Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management” 

Group Photo of the Mayagüez Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” Top row, from left to right: Priscila Vargas-Babilonia, Jaileen López Belén, Jack R. Friedman, Carmen Pérez, Milton Muñoz, Stephen Hughes, Ariam L. Torres-Cordero, Manuel Valdés-Pizzini, Carlos J. Carrero, Tania López, Adlin Melecio.

Afternoon Group Photo of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” Top row, left to right: Héctor Rivera, Carlos Anselmi-Molina, Aurelio “Tito” Castro, Jack R. Friedman, Kevian Pérez. Second row, left to right: Orlando Díaz Flores, Manuel Valdés-Pizzini, Ariam L.

Breakout Table 3 Report Out of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” 

Breakout Table 1 Discussion of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” 

Breakout Table 4 Discussion of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” 

Breakout Table 2 Discussion of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management” 

Morning Group Photo of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” Top row, left to right: Carlos R. Olmedo Álvarez, Francisco “Paco” López, Ernesto Rodríguez, Aurelio “Tito” Castro, Federico Subervi Vélez, Kevian Pérez, Carlos Anselmi-Molina, Aurora Justiniano, Jack R. Friedman.

Breakout Table 4 Discussion of the Río Piedras Session of the USGS Workshop in Puerto Rico Titled “Participatory Engagement for Storm Management.” 

An antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) microarray in the Real-Time PCR (RT-PCR) machine.

Two shards of Native American pottery found at shell midden site that is located on an actively eroding shoreline of Apalachicola Bay. The shards show distinctive markings created by paleo Indians thousands of years ago.

Florida archaeologist, Nicole Grinnan, talks about the vulnerability of Native American shell middens to coastal erosion from sea level rise and storms along the Apalachicola Bay.

Estuarine shoreline erosion exposes a Native American shell midden beneath the surface of a coastal flatwood forest. Shell middens are the discarded shells and materials from generations of Indigenous people who lived along U.S. coastlines.