Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Digital still photograph from Massachusetts Bay near Cohasset, MA, showing seastars (Asterias sp.), blood stars (Henricia sanguinolenta), blood drop tunicates (Dendrodoa carnea), mussels, and barnacles on cobbles and boulders covered with bubblegum algae and red filamentous algae. Water depth at this location is approximately 19.6 meters. 

Seafloor photos off MA coast

Shaded relief image of the Outer Cape Cod, MA

Shaded relief image of Nahant to Gloucester, MA

Storage vans, referred to as the "Freezer Farm" sit outside the Woods Hole Science Center 

Swath bathymetric map of the Cape Fear submarine slide, the largest slide on the US Atlantic coast. Data were collected on the R/V Atlantis in 2003.

Lab setup aboard R/V Gyre in the Gulf of Mexico from the 2003 field season.   Computers, recorders, and other electronic gear are securely mounted in racks or on tabletops and shelving for stability in rolling seas and for access.

Aerial view of Assateague Island, looking north. Ocean City, Maryland, is visible in the far distance at top. Sinepuxent Bay lies between the island’s western shore and the Delmarva Peninsula to the upper left. Photograph taken in 1998 

The marshes of Plum Island Estuary are among those predicted by scientists to submerge during the next century under conservative projections of sea-level rise.

Waves running up on the beach in Fire Island, New York

Fire Island, New York beach