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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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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.

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Analysis Laboratory's Bruker CTX 800C benchtop x-ray fluorescence unit (USGS laboratory equipment number WH-SED-Bruker-CTX800C_1).

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Analysis Laboratory's UIC CM5017 coulometer with sample carousel (USGS laboratory equipment number WH-SED-UIC-CM5017_1).

Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Sediment Analysis Laboratory's InstruQuest HumiPyc2 gas pycnometer (USGS laboratory equipment number WH-SED-InstruQuest-HumiPyc2_1).

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.

Sandy Brosnahan of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center preparing to dive in the Norwalk River to service and level a bottom mounted ADCP.

USGS staff from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center and the New England Water Science Center leveling a bottom mounted ADCP off the pier located in the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. The ADCP will record water level and flow velocity. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

Sandy Brosnahan and Eric Marsjanik of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center while diving to level previously installed ADCPs. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

Deep water camera and light installed in the head weight of the upgraded USGS jumbo piston corer. In the background, USGS Marine Engineering Technician Daniel Powers is preparing the core liner for sediment collection. 

Pete Dal Ferro, USGS Marine Engineering Technician and lead fabricator on the JPC upgrade, monitors the testing of the coring system on R/V Hugh R. Sharp in March 2022.

USGS personnel deploying instrumentation at the Stone Harbor marsh site in Stone Harbor, New Jersey on March 22, 2022. 

Woods Hole scientists surveyed Head of the Meadow Beach and Marconi Beach using a heli-kite, camera, and photogrammetry for the beach and bluffs, and an autonomous boat with GPS and sonar for the offshore portion. This work resulted in two data releases.

The Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics group at the WHCMSC maintained cameras along the Cape Cod National Seashore at Head of the Meadow Beach, North Truro, Massachusetts and Marconi Beach, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The cameras are used to validate Total Water Level and Coastal Change forecasts.

Upgraded USGS jumbo piston corer being readied for deployment off the research vessel Hugh R. Sharp in April 2022.