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Rob Thieler, Meagan Eagle, and Sophie Kuhl of the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center posing with the “Salt Marshes: A Carbon Bank in Our Backyard” sign near the Herring River.

Kevin Kroeger, Research Chemist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, talking about blue carbon research with Congressman Bill Keating at the Herring River Restoration Project groundbreaking event. 

The USGS celebrating the groundbreaking of the Herring River restoration!

Meagan Eagle, Research Physical Scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, talking about USGS contributions to the Herring River Restoration Project with Congressman Bill Keating at the groundbreaking event.

State and Federal officials joined partners involved in the Herring River Restoration Project for a group photo at the groundbreaking event at Chequessett Neck bridge in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

State and Federal officials joined partners involved in the Herring River Restoration Project for a group photo at the groundbreaking event at Chequessett Neck bridge in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

The USGS celebrating the groundbreaking of the Herring River restoration!

State and Federal officials joined partners involved in the Herring River Restoration Project for a group photo at the groundbreaking event at Chequessett Neck bridge in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Kevin Kroeger, Marcel Belaval, and Rob Thieler of the U.S. Geological Survey talking with other collaborators involved in the Herring River Restoration Project.

The Chequessett Neck bridge in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, the construction site of the first and largest infrastructure component of the Herring River Restoration Project. 

The USGS attendees of the Herring River Restoration Project groundbreaking event standing proudly next to a sign detailing the project.

Kevin Kroeger, Marcel Belaval, and Rob Thieler of the U.S. Geological Survey talking with other collaborators involved in the Herring River Restoration Project.

Ellen Lalk is a stable isotope biogeochemist who focuses on the sources and fates of methane in marine and freshwater environments. At the USGS she is using analytical chemistry methods (e.g., laser spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography) and fieldwork to better understand the transformation of methane-derived organic matter.

Map showing the hazards type layer, which highlights the hazard type (event or perpetual) that may be most influential in coastal change for A, the northeastern United States and B, detail for the outer extent of Cape Cod in eastern Massachusetts.

Map showing the maximum coastal change likelihood value derived from support vector machine supervised learning that combines the fabric data with the event and perpetual hazards and selects the maximum outcome of that combination for A, the northeastern United States and B, detail for an area along the Delmarva Peninsula that is characterized by developed and undev

The USGS partnered with North Carolina State University, Louisiana State University, and University Corporation for Atmospheric Research to investigate hurricane-induced compound flooding and sediment dispersal using coupled hydrology and ocean models.

Bathymetry of Cape Cod Bay, MA collected in 2019. Warmer colors indicate shallow depths while cool colors indicate deeper depths. 

Where are coastal landscapes likely to change?

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, developed the Coastal Change Likelihood assessment to determine the future likelihood of coastal change along the Northeast U.S. coastline in the next decade. The CCL data displayed here are for the mid-Atlantic Bight, and extend from the shoreline to 10m elevation inland. 

The CCL is an updated version of the older Coastal Vulnerability Index, first published in 1999. While the original product was focused on change in the next 50-100 years based solely on sea level rise, the new CCL is more near-term, focusing on change over the next decade as a result of multiple coastal hazards.

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, developed the Coastal Change Likelihood assessment to determine the future likelihood of coastal change along the Northeast U.S. coastline in the next decade.