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Scientists and technologists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts traveled to the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, California to learn about their seafloor imaging and sampling instrument—the Benthic Observation camera Sled, or BOBSled.

Social media post on USGS Coastal and Ocean Science Facebook account. The post highlights an article about USGS products that can be used for emergency management. https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cmhrp/news/approaching-storms 

Scientists and technologists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts traveled to the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, California to learn about their seafloor imaging and sampling instrument—the Benthic Observation camera Sled, or BOBSled.

The inner workings of the BOBSled bottle. 

In collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Old Dominion University, we are assessing winter hydrological, thermal, and biogeochemical processes occurring in North Atlantic salt marshes across a latitudinal gradient for improved annual estimates of water and organic matter outwelling to the coastal ocean.

Scientists and technologists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts traveled to the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, California to learn about their seafloor imaging and sampling instrument—the Benthic Observation camera Sled, or BOBSled.

Scientists and technicians from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts traveled to the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, California to learn about their seafloor imaging and sampling instrument—the Benthic Observation camera Sled, or BOBSled.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake ruptured the Mendocino Transform Fault offshore Northern California on December 5, 2024. The USGS and colleagues from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center deployed our new fleet of rapid response ocean bottom seismographs just 11 days later—the fastest response in U.S. history. 

Coastal Change Hazards Portal showing the trajectory of Hurricane Milton and the various data users could explore on the map.

The USGS has a long history of studying seafloor instability in the Mississippi River Delta Front, beginning in the 1970s. 

As part of the OASIS project, we play a leading role in seafloor mapping, geophysical imaging, and interpreting the processes that shape this important region. 

The USGS has a long history of studying seafloor instability in the Mississippi River Delta Front, beginning in the 1970s. 

As part of the OASIS project, we play a leading role in seafloor mapping, geophysical imaging, and interpreting the processes that shape this important region. 

The USGS has a long history of studying seafloor instability in the Mississippi River Delta Front, beginning in the 1970s. 

As part of the OASIS project, we play a leading role in seafloor mapping, geophysical imaging, and interpreting the processes that shape this important region. 

Estuaries are dynamic environments where complex interactions take place between the atmosphere, ocean, watershed, ecosystems, and human infrastructure. They serve as valuable ecological habitat and provide numerous benefits to our society.

Offshore infrastructure in the Mississippi River Delta Front.

The USGS has a long history of studying seafloor instability in the Mississippi River Delta Front, beginning in the 1970s. 

As part of the OASIS project, we play a leading role in seafloor mapping, geophysical imaging, and interpreting the processes that shape this important region.