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Researchers with SPCMSC and Montclair State University Explore the Impacts of Human Development on Coastal Evolution

Researchers with SPCMSC and Montclair State University Explore the Impacts of Human Development on Coastal Evolution

SPCMSC researchers Jennifer Miselis and Daniel Ciarletta and Montclair State University collaborators publish an investigation of historical and...

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Innovative Paleoclimate Methods

Innovative Paleoclimate Methods

The Climate Research & Development Program (Climate R&D) in the Ecosystems Mission Area (EMA) covers a tremendous breadth of topics important to...

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SPCMSC scientists to assist Dry Tortugas National Park with Hurricane Ian damage assessments

SPCMSC scientists to assist Dry Tortugas National Park with Hurricane Ian damage assessments

A team from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will assist the National Park Service in natural resource damage assessment...

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Coastal Change Hazards Team Forecasted Hurricane Ian Beach Impacts

Coastal Change Hazards Team Forecasted Hurricane Ian Beach Impacts

As Hurricane Ian approached the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and then the southeast Atlantic coast, the USGS Coastal Change Hazards team produced a series of...

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Response and recovery, preparation and prediction

Response and recovery, preparation and prediction

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision-makers before, during and after Hurricane Ian, visit

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Dr. Davina Passeri and team awarded funding to investigate salt marsh evolution along the South Atlantic Bight

Dr. Davina Passeri and team awarded funding to investigate salt marsh evolution along the South Atlantic Bight

The NOAA Effects of Sea Level Rise Program (ESLR) awarded the team $1.6M to assess marsh vulnerability, predict marsh productivity under future...

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USGS is forecasting Ian could cause significant coastal change in South Carolina, Georgia

USGS is forecasting Ian could cause significant coastal change in South Carolina, Georgia

To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision-makers before, during and after Hurricane Ian, visit:

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Hurricane Ian expected to cause significant coastal change along Florida’s Gulf Coast

Hurricane Ian expected to cause significant coastal change along Florida’s Gulf Coast

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USGS Scientist Co-authored Paper on Predicting Ripple Wavelength

USGS Scientist Co-authored Paper on Predicting Ripple Wavelength

Meg Palmsten (SPCMSC) co-authored a recently published manuscript titled, “A machine learning approach to predicting equilibrium wavelength.”

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SPCMSC Scientists Partner in Collaborative Effort to Identify Cause of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD)

SPCMSC Scientists Partner in Collaborative Effort to Identify Cause of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD)

SPCMSC Research Microbiologist Christina Kellogg and Research Marine Biologist James Evans are participating in a collaborative experiment with...

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A Changing Marsh: The Past, Present, and Future of Grand Bay

A Changing Marsh: The Past, Present, and Future of Grand Bay

Coastal marshes are important habitats that serve as buffer zones between the land and the sea. However, many are at severe risk from increasing...

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New USGS Geonarrative: A Century of Change in Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama

New USGS Geonarrative: A Century of Change in Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama

The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Estuarine and MaRsh Geology (EMRG) group published a new USGS geonarrative on the extensive...

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