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Alfredo Aretxabaleta (USGS Research and Equipment Development Grade Evaluation (RGE-EDGE) Senior Scientist) showing off the jenga set at the Woods Hole Diversity Committee booth at the Woods Hole Science Stroll. They chose to have jenga at the booth to represent different people working together to keep the structure standing.

The Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee booth at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll.

Chris Polloni, a retired scientist who had a long career with USGS, with Kate and Seth Ackerman at the Woods Hole Science Stroll. Chris was known to always have a coffee mug in his hand and today was no different!

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll holding one of our drones.

Scenic photo of Domes Beach in Rincon, Puerto Rico. Photo credit: Emily Himmelstoss.

USGS Marine Operations Manager Chuck Worley conducting fieldwork to study the geologic framework of Nantucket Sound.

The USGS is assessing the physical condition of coastal wetlands and their response to external forces, using field observations and remote-sensing data. The U.S.

Distinguished Service Award for USGS Research Geophysicist Carolyn Ruppel, presented on May 8, 2024.

From June through December, WHCMSC scientists are collecting shoreline and volumetric data at a beach in Sandwich, Massachusetts following a 2023 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beach nourishment. The data will be useful for various purposes. Chris Sherwood is interested in comparing how the different measuring techniques work on different types of vegetation.

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina shown in the pop-out of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative. 

The Southeast Region Refuges tab of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative. A FWS and USGS collaboration.

The U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is assessing the physical condition of coastal wetlands and how they may change in response to storms, sea-level rise, and human activity.

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina shown in the pop-out of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative.   

The Southeast Region Refuge tab of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative, showing the application section. This is a FWS and USGS collaboration.

Salt marsh in coastal Connecticut. A USGS scientist surveys the marsh in the distance.

Photograph of a salt marsh with ponding in coastal Connecticut taken during estuarine research field work.

Photograph of a salt marsh in coastal Massachusetts (Cape Cod) during USGS field work.

A salt marsh in coastal Massachusetts (Cape Cod) on an overcast yet warm day during USGS field research.

Salt marsh in coastal Massachusetts (Cape Cod) during USGS field work on estuarine ecosystems.

Installation of a post-hole seismometer. This is part of a USGS effort, in collaboration with partners from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Center, to create a record of past earthquakes from Skilak Lake on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.

Peter Haeussler (USGS), Brian Andrews (USGS), Hannah Brewer (WHOI), and Tim Kane (WHOI) prepare to launch the OBS float rig at the Upper Skilak Campground Boat Ramp. R/V Lutris (background) was used to tow the rig to the deployment sites.