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Schematic diagram of model domain and variables comprised of the lower shoreface (dark blue), upper shoreface (light blue), and beach/back barrier (yellow) environments.

Non-profit organizations Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media hosted a weekend-long science storytelling workshop called "Making Waves." It was attended by 11 scientists from scientific institutions throughout Woods Hole, Massachusetts, including USGS scientists Jin-Si Over, Ellen Lalk, and Sara Zeigler.

Non-profit organizations Transom Story Lab and Atlantic Public Media hosted a weekend-long science storytelling workshop called "Making Waves." It was attended by 11 scientists from scientific institutions throughout Woods Hole, Massachusetts, including USGS scientists Jin-Si Over, Ellen Lalk, and Sara Zeigler.

USGS scientist collects elevation data from a personal water craft at Madeira Beach, FL.

USGS scientist collects elevation data during a walking survey at Madeira Beach, FL.

Cartoon created image of all the APPROACH proxies, a coral x-ray, sediment core, clam shell, and a foraminifera.

Dr. Donya Frank-Gilchrist visited the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine during the Science and Innovation Diplomacy Workshop, organized by the US Global Change Research and the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research.

Map of the Texas and Louisiana coast showing the tracks of Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020 along with the extent of hurricane warnings for each storm. The yellow dots indicate the location of USGS storm tide sensors that measured water levels during each event. 

USGS scientist BJ Reynolds holds half of a Mercenaria spp. clamshell found by wading in shallow waters of South Tampa Bay, Florida.

Prior to landfall on the Florida coast on October 9, 2024, the Coastal Change Hazards Team predicted that 86 percent of beaches along the west coast of the Florida peninsula were very likely to erode at the dunes’ base, 82 percent of dunes were very likely to be overwashed by storm waves, and 75 percent of dunes were expected to be very likely to be inundated (

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.

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). 

Dr. Donya Frank-Gilchrist 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. 

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 1 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.

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

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