Images

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 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. The icy deposit formed as gas bubbles emitted from the seafloor transformed into methane hydrate beneath the overhanging rock.

2012 picture of Structured Decision Making Participants

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

Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy (courtesy NASA GOES http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/)

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.

USGS hydrologist Kaitlyn Colella and a Shinnecock Nation member work together gathering oyster and bed sediment samples along Long Island, New York, coast.

 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

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.

 Westco discrete nutrient analyzer measures low-levels of nutrients in water samples

Sunset over Blackwater River photographed from the wildlife drive at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Blackwater NWR is one of 560 refuges in the refuge system administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife System. Photo credit: Ray Paterra, USFWS 

Overwash processes caused by storms, like the one seen here following Hurricane Sandy on a barrier island in Virginia, push sand landward over dunes to create low-elevation, minimally vegetated sandy habitats used by a variety of species, like piping plovers.

The streamer is flaked out on the deck with a make shift workbench for tools.  The technical staff (Geological Survey of Canada) are sharing a lighter moment during trouble shooting and repair aboard CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent.

Digital still photograph from Ipswich Bay near Salisbury, MA, showing a lobster, sponges, and brachiopods, on cobbles and ledge covered with bubblegum algae and red filamentous algae.  A thin veneer of coarse sand and gravelly sediment partially cover the rocks. Water depth at this location is approximately 24 meters.

Macroalgae, seagrass, and litter in West Falmouth Harbor, MA

Anti-fouling treatment is applied to a sensor on a platform about to be deployed off Fire Island, NY in 2012.  The data collected is part of a study of the coastal processes that mobilize and transport sediment in the region

 Sunrise with a recently deployed buoy measuring meteorological data off Fire Island, NY in 2012.  The data collected is part of a study of the coastal processes that mobilize and transport sediment in the region

Brian Buczkowski of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center uses a benchtop spectrometer to measure carbonate ion (CO₃²⁻) concentration in a seawater sample during the 7-week 2011 research cruise in the Arctic Ocean aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy. USGS photograph by Lisa Robbins.

Map showing the thickness of a relatively young Pleistocene outwash lobe in meters mapped using chirp seismic-reflection profiles collected in 2011, overlain on acoustic backscatter imagery. Regional bathymetric contours are in meters.