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Sea-level rise may help shorebirds but could put communities at risk on Fire Island
New coastal change scenarios show enduring future habitat for the threatened piping plover, but potential loss of land that supports coastal homes and...
Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux team conducting fieldwork at Fire Island, New York
Dr. Daniel Ciarletta, Mendenhall Research Geologist, and Geologist Julie Bernier are travelling to Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness at Fire...
Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Legna Torres-García were funded to assess the feasibility for international collaborations on natural hazards investigations in the Caribbean
Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Legna Torres-García of the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) are co-leading the project...
Explore recent developments in USGS science from the Great Lakes to Puget Sound, a World Atlas of gas hydrates, nationwide predictions for sea level...
Reflection on a 29-year career at USGS from Karen Morgan
For Women’s History Month, we reached out to Karen Morgan, retired coastal geologist from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. Karen...