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USGS geographer Jin-Si Over at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll, ready to discuss drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments.

Seth Ackerman (USGS Geologist) talking to a visitor at the USGS booth for the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Geologist Marie Bartlett at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll, ready for visitors to look at foraminifera, microfossils that live in marine environments, through our microscope.

USGS Geographer and drone pilot Jen Cramer showing visitors USGS uncrewed aircraft system technology and talking about how drones are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over talking about drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

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.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over talking about drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Oceanographer Zafer Defne discussing operational ocean and coastal dynamics forecasts at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Geologist Marie Bartlett talking about foraminifera, tiny microfossils that live in marine environments, while a little girl looks at them through the microscope.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over talking about drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over talking about drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS geographer Jin-Si Over at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll, ready to discuss drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments.

USGS Geographer Jen Cramer showing off our uncrewed aircraft system technology at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Geologist Marie Bartlett at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll, ready for visitors to look at foraminifera, microfossils that live in marine environments, through our microscope.

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.