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Two CoastCams installed in the Outer Banks for DUNEX project
Meg Palmsten and Jenna Brown installed two CoastCams towers at Pea Island, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to monitor waves, water levels, and...
Dr. Meg Palmsten will be the guest speaker in COMIT seminar series
Dr. Meg Palmsten of SPCMSC will discuss forecasting total water levels and coastal change hazards in this month’s virtual Center for Ocean Mapping and...
USGS staff participating in DUNEX VIP Day at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Field Research Facility
Jenna Brown and Chris Sherwood of USGS attend a VIP Event to discuss the USGS component of the DUNEX project, a multi-agency study of storm processes...
SPCMSC scientists study effects of beach nourishment on sea turtle nesting activity
Scientists RC Mickey and Dave Thompson from the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center wrap up a season of conducting beach surveys to...
Coastal Change Hazards Team Forecasted Hurricane Ida Beach Impacts
As Hurricane Ida approached the U.S. northern Gulf coast, the USGS Coastal Change Hazards team produced a series of forecasts for impacts on the beach...
Kathryn Smith and Christopher G. Smith will present at the Grand Bay NERR Research Symposium
Kathryn Smith and Christopher G. Smith of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will present their research during the “Ecological...
Learn about some of our barrier island research, deep sea "stepping stones," our 5000th sample at the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, and...