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USGS scientists, Bill Waite, Tim Collett, and Seth Haines in front of a archway in Daejeon, South Korea

Tim Collett, research geologist in gas hydrates, is chief for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program gas hydrate research efforts offering a presentation on unconventional oil and gas resources at KIGAM, the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources in Daejeon, South Korea

Core racks filled with split cores in D-tubes in the K.O. Emery Geotechnical Wing walk-in refrigerator

Erika Lentz, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Research Geologist interviewed by WBZ Boston Meterologist, Danielle Niles fora segment on sea-level rise

Research geologist, Erika Lentz, interviewed on Trunk River Beach, Falmouth, MA, by WBZ meterologist, Danielle Niles, about the future impacts of sea-level rise

Sediment transport team members attach a quick-release to the top of a bottom lander prior to deployment

An instrumented bottom lander platform is lowered off the stern of the R/V Savannah during deploment

Sediment transport team members prepare to deploy a buoy instrumented with Meteorological sensors

The buoy that measures meteorological conditions at the site after deployment.

Dawn breaks behind one of the bottom landers on deployment day.

 Sediment transport team members assemble chain, shackles and pear links that are are attached to the anchor and floats as part of deploying a mooring.

Sediment transport team members manage tag lines to control the motion of the bottom lander as it is deployed.

An interdisciplinary USGS team is conducting research and developing tools to identify suitable coastal habitats for species of concern, such as the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), under a variety of sea-level rise scenarios.

Cenote Bang, a component of the Ox Bel Ha cave network study site and model for coastal karst subterranean estuary

Location map of the Hudson Canyon survey area.

USGS WHCMSC pilot, Emily Sturdivant at a public outreach event using a 3DR Solo Quadcopter and a Gopro camera.

Steve Suttles and Neil Ganju surveying the position of a deployed oceanographic platform in Great South Bay, NY

USGS R/V Stephens operating within Lake Powell, UT-AZ.  A multibeam echosounder is deployed off the starboard side of the vessel and is used to collect depth information within the reservoir.

Aerial map of Sodus Bay, NY study sites. 

The R/V Muddy Waters lends itself to be a versatile survey launch and assistance vessel for the deployment and retrieval of inshore moorings and scientific sensor platforms. The boat can easily be towed to location by a full sized pickup truck and is easily launched and retrieved for fast mobilization after storm events or other rapid response surveys.

Photograph of moving-boat ADCP discharge measurements being made in Bayou Heron, Mississippi