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seafloor covered with mussels and methane bubbles being released into dark water
Methane Bubbles
Methane Bubbles
Methane Bubbles

Methane bubbles (middle top) emitted in the Norfolk seep field. Chemosynthetic mussels encrust the seafloor near the seep. The image, which is several meters across, was acquired by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research using the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle in May 2013.

Methane bubbles (middle top) emitted in the Norfolk seep field. Chemosynthetic mussels encrust the seafloor near the seep. The image, which is several meters across, was acquired by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research using the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle in May 2013.

Adrian Mann is using a piezometer to extract submarine groundwater to analyze for geochemical parameters in Indian River Bay, DE
Groundwater collection using a piezometer
Groundwater collection using a piezometer
Groundwater collection using a piezometer

Adrian Mann is using a piezometer to extract submarine groundwater to analyze for geochemical parameters in Indian River Bay, DE.

Surveying A Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) program study site in the Chandeleur Islands
Surveying program study site in the Chandeleur Islands
Surveying program study site in the Chandeleur Islands
Surveying program study site in the Chandeleur Islands

Surveying A Barrier Island Evolution Research (BIER) program study site in the Chandeleur Islands in 2013. The survey data is used to map the pre-storm conditions.
 

Drone footage taken of the Woods Hole Oceanographic facility
Drone footage of Woods Hole Oceanographic facility
Drone footage of Woods Hole Oceanographic facility
Drone footage of Woods Hole Oceanographic facility

Drone footage taken of the Woods Hole Oceanographic facility on the Quissett campus in Woods Hole Ma.  This is an example of a tidally restricted marsh system cutoff from tidal flows by the bike path.

Drone footage taken of the Woods Hole Oceanographic facility on the Quissett campus in Woods Hole Ma.  This is an example of a tidally restricted marsh system cutoff from tidal flows by the bike path.

A series of three panels showing how a coastline changes with a storm.
Airborne lidar surveys near Mantoloking
Airborne lidar surveys near Mantoloking
Airborne lidar surveys near Mantoloking

Airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) surveys recorded coastal elevations before and after Hurricane Sandy and documented a large barrier-island breach near Mantoloking, New Jersey. Left: Pre-storm elevations acquired October 26, 2012. Center: Post-storm elevations acquired November 1, 2012.

Airborne lidar (light detection and ranging) surveys recorded coastal elevations before and after Hurricane Sandy and documented a large barrier-island breach near Mantoloking, New Jersey. Left: Pre-storm elevations acquired October 26, 2012. Center: Post-storm elevations acquired November 1, 2012.

Hands holding rock with orange and black striations
Dredge subsample
Dredge subsample
Dredge subsample

Subsample from dredge DR2-001, collected as a part of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project's research in the Arctic aboard the USCGC Healy on cruise HLY1202 (Field Activity 2012-038-FA).

Subsample from dredge DR2-001, collected as a part of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project's research in the Arctic aboard the USCGC Healy on cruise HLY1202 (Field Activity 2012-038-FA).

Beach houses behind a sand dune at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Dunes, Beach Towns and Resilience
Dunes, Beach Towns and Resilience
Dunes, Beach Towns and Resilience

Sand dunes in Avon on Cape Hatteras, NC are the only separation between many beach house communities and the Atlantic Ocean. 

 

. Houses, cars, and a street in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, covered in beach sand
Seaside Heights, NJ after Hurricane Sandy
Seaside Heights, NJ after Hurricane Sandy
Seaside Heights, NJ after Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy struck the New Jersey shore October 29–31, 2012. Houses, cars, and a street in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, were covered in beach sand after the hurricane's storm tide receded

Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod
Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod

Image showing a study area from Boston Harbor to the mouth of Cape Cod Bay including some images of geophysical and sample data available in the associated report.

Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin.
Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin.
Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin.
Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin.

Gas hydrate at the seafloor on the U.S. Atlantic margin. The icy deposit formed as gas bubbles emitted from the seafloor transformed into methane hydrate beneath the overhanging rock.

Photograph of structured decision making team
Structured Decision Making Team
Structured Decision Making Team
Structured Decision Making Team

2012 picture of Structured Decision Making Participants

Photograph of ice sheets on the Beaufort Sea
Arctic Blast
Arctic Blast
Arctic Blast

Sea ice photographed during U.S.G.S. geophysical survey in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, 2012

Sea ice photographed during U.S.G.S. geophysical survey in the U.S. Beaufort Sea, 2012

map of acoustic backscatter intensity of the seafloor in Buzzards Bay, MA
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity
Acoustic Backscatter Intensity

Acoustic backscatter intensity data are an indication of the relative hardness or softness of the sea floor, which is closely related to sediment texture and cohesion. The map shows acoustic backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Acoustic backscatter intensity data are an indication of the relative hardness or softness of the sea floor, which is closely related to sediment texture and cohesion. The map shows acoustic backscatter intensity of the sea floor in the Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

SEABOSS deployment from Ocean Survey Vessel Bold
SEABOSS deployment
SEABOSS deployment
SEABOSS deployment

 Left to right: Mike Bastoni (volunteer) and Lisa Engler (Massachusetts Bays Program) deploying the USGS-desgined SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) from Ocean Survey Vessel Bold, with Marinna Martini (USGS) running the winch

 Left to right: Mike Bastoni (volunteer) and Lisa Engler (Massachusetts Bays Program) deploying the USGS-desgined SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS) from Ocean Survey Vessel Bold, with Marinna Martini (USGS) running the winch

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