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Summer student fellow Rachel Einecker measures iron concentrations in water samples using colorimetric methods. Dynamic iron cycling in coastal wetlands can suppress methane emissions. 

Cover of the 2021 annual report. https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1495/cir1495.pdf 

The first page of the Coastal and Shelf Geology section in the FY21 Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Jin-Si Over presenting a poster, titled "Kites, Cameras, Action! High-resolution Small-scale Topo-bathy Mapping," at a federal workshop.

A page of the Coastal and Shelf Geology section of the 2021 WHCMSC Annual Report.

USGS Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program intern-turned federal employee Allyson Boggess describes a core from the New England Mud Patch in the Sediments Laboratory.

Chris Sherwood and Jin-Si Over of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center setting up a global navigation satellite system rover in North Core Banks, North Carolina as part of rapid response to storms and recovery monitoring after Hurricane Florence (2018) and Dorian (2019).

Each summer, scientists at the center mentor students through programs such as the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Summer Student Fellowship (SSF), the Woods Hole Partnership Education Program (PEP), the City College of New York/City University of New York partnership, and the USGS/National Association of Geoscience Teachers Cooperative Summer Field Trai

The USGS and the University of Maryland’s Chesapeake Biological Laboratory conducted a study in the Chesapeake Bay to quantify greenhouse gas fluxes from the largest estuary in the U.S.

Summer student fellow Rachel Einecker collects water samples from the impounded Herring River Estuary to examine production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. 

Partnership Education Program intern Zachary Taylor and USGS Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program intern Simone Gibson prepare a salt marsh sediment sample for analysis. 

Carbon dioxide removal experiment led by Kevin Kroeger in Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

In collaboration with the National Park Service, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Vesta Corporation, the Environmental Geosciences group researched a new approach to climate change mitigation. The team led an experiment at the Herring River site as a first examination.

Two eddy flux towers continuously measured CO₂ and CH₄ emissions from two locations within the Herring River, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wetland water table depth and salinity were monitored across the impoundment.

Our coasts, the most familiar part of the ocean are the gateway to the larger deeper ocean world. USGS studies processes and hazards in the coastal zone and how they affect people, wildlife, and ecosystems.

Sandy Brosnahan became a lead 450 instructor, giving the group the capability of hosting and teaching the introductory small UAS piloting class for USGS. Seth Ackerman and Sandy Brosnahan served as instructors for the April 2022 introductory class in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Noa Randall and Rachel Allen are installing an optical turbidity sensor on the mudflats in Wellfleet harbor, to pair with the altimeter run by the Center for Coastal Studies.  The Herring River, which drains into Wellfleet Harbor, is slated to have its 100-yo dam removed in the next 6 months, with the potential to dramatically increase the sediment load and sus

USGS Cooperative Summer Fellowship Program intern Simone Gibson processes a marsh sediment core using a core splitter in the Core Laboratory. 

As sea levels rise, salt water extends further up tidal rivers. As sea-level rise accelerates, vegetation transitions are increasingly observed and USGS scientists are busy assessing those changes.

In collaboration with the National Park Service, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Vesta Corporation, the Environmental Geosciences group researched a new approach to climate change mitigation. The team led an experiment at the Herring River site as a first examination.

Jumbo Piston Coring on the Southern New England Continental Shelf

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