AGU25: Where Science Connects Us
Where to learn about Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center research
AGU25 is the world’s largest annual Earth science meeting, bringing together more than 25,000 attendees from over 100 countries to share innovative research and foster global collaboration. If you’re at the meeting this year, attend presentations representing USGS research to learn more about our work and how we benefit the Nation.
The AGU25 Annual Meeting takes place 15-19 December 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting is attended by scientists, educators, policymakers, students, journalists, and communicators. These attendees share research, learn about new science, and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Though many of the scientists from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center are not in attendance this year, our coastal and marine science portfolio will still be well represented, covering topics such as natural hazards, offshore energy, coastal and ocean mapping, and coastal storm modeling.
If you’re attending the AGU25 Annual Meeting, check out the list below to help make the most of your week! We’ve organized the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s oral and poster presentations by the day—indicating the title, presenter, USGS co-author(s), and what time and where the presentation is taking place.
Your Guide to USGS Coastal and Marine Science at AGU25
Monday, 15 December
A Well-Preserved MIS 4 Paleoforest Offshore of Alabama Contains Evidence of Abrupt Climate Change
Presenter: Kristine L. DeLong (Louisiana State University and Coastal Studies Institute)
USGS coauthor: Kelli Moran
When: 08:30-12:00
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Massive Saline Ground Ice and Hypersaline Brines in a Pingo-Like Mound in Arctic Alaska
Presenter: Benjamin M. Jones (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
USGS coauthor: John Pohlman
When: 08:30-12:00
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Tuesday, 16 December
Hurricane Francine (2024) Across the Mississippi Delta: Linking Offshore Waves to Estuarine Response with Multiscale Coupled-Ocean-Wave-Hydrology Models
Presenter: Muhamad Farid Geonova (Louisiana State University)
USGS coauthor: John C. Warner
When: 08:30-12:00
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Late Quaternary Evolution of the Cascadia Outer Wedge Constrained by Structural Modeling (Invited)
Presenter: Muhamad Farid Geonova (Louisiana State University)
USGS coauthor: John C. Warner
When: 11:10-11:20
Where: 344-345 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
It’s been fluids rising from the deep: thermogenic gas preconditioned and potentially triggered the Cape Fear Landslide
Presenter: Michel Kuhn (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
USGS coauthor: Jared Kluesner, Nathaniel C. Miller, and Wayne E. Baldwin
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Interpreting Depositional History from the Petrophysical and Sedimentological Characteristics of Ooze Deposits in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Presenter: Camila Van der Maal
USGS coauthor: Stephen Phillips
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Wednesday, 17 December
Navigating the Crosswinds for Collaboratory Wins
USGS panelist: Erika E. Lentz
When: 08:30-10:00
Where 343 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
The potential of community science observations to document shoreline change: a case study from coastal Massachusetts
Presenter: Rilee Thomas (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
USGS coauthors: Christopher R. Sherwood and Jin-Si Rose Over
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Beyond Boundaries: Dynamically 2-Way Coupled Hydrology—Ocean Models for Coastal Hazard Forecasting Across the LEO Continuum (Invited)
Presenter: Z. George Xue (Louisiana State University)
USGS coauthor: John C. Warner
When: 16:56-17:08
Where: New Orleans Theater A (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Thursday, 18 December
A 1.46 Million Year Record of Methane Migration and Hydrate formation in Mahanadi Basin Sediments; Indian Margin, NW Bay of Bengal
Presenter: Galen Gibb (Brown University)
USGS coauthors: Carolyn D. Ruppel and Stephen Phillips
When: 10:40-10:50
Where: 214 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
The Strength of the Sedimentary Wedge Along the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Presenter: Shuoshuo Han (University of Texas at Austin)
USGS coauthor: Nathaniel C. Miller
When: 11:20-11:30
Where: 354-355 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Strategies for Combining Innovation Monitoring and Modeling Systems in Coastal Environments I Oral
Primary Convener: Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu (University of Southern Mississippi)
USGS Convener and Chair: Zafer Defne
When: 14:15-15:45
Where: 215-216 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Structure of the Cascadia Margin Offshore Central Oregon from Multi-Scale Active-Source Seismic Imaging
Presenter: Hanchao Jian (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
USGS coauthor: Nathaniel C. Miller
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Megathrust Structure of the Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone Revealed by Reprocessed Legacy Active-Source Seismic Data
Presenter: Brandon Shuck (Louisiana State University)
USGS coauthor: Nathaniel C. Miller, Janet Tilden Watt, Richard W. Briggs, and Brian L. Sherrod
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Structure of the Puerto Rico Trench and Incoming Atlantic Lithosphere at 66°30’W From Controlled-Source Ocean Bottom Seismics
Presenter: Juan Pablo Canales (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
USGS coauthor: Uri S. ten Brink
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Characterizing Incoming Plate Deformation Along the Puerto Rico Trench Using Multichannel Seismic Reflection and Bathymetry Data
Presenter: Emma Martin (University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics)
USGS coauthor: Uri S. ten Brink
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Seismic structure of the trench-outer rise and the shallow Puerto Rico subduction zone at 64°W off the British Virgin Islands from active source ocean-bottom-seismology
Presenter: Juan Pablo Canales (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
USGS coauthor: Uri S. ten Brink
When: 14:15-17:45
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall, NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Helium Retention and Residence Time Estimates in Natural Methane Gas Hydrate from the Gulf of Mexico (Invited)
Presenter: Rachel Coyte (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)
USGS coauthor: Stephen Phillips
When: 16:15-16:25
Where: 214 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Sedimentation Rates and Gas Hydrate occurrence within the Terrebonne Basin
Presenter: Saffron Martin (Ohio State University Main Campus)
USGS coauthor: Stephen C. Phillips
When: 16:35-16:35
Where: 214 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Friday, 19 December
Coastal Landscape Change Product Applications to Evaluate Coastal Asset Risk and Vulnerability
Presenter: Erika E. Lentz (USGS)
Other USGS coauthors: Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Marie Barlett, Julia Heslin, and Kathryn Weber
When: 08:30-12:00
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall) (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Charting the Unknown: How NOMEC Accelerates Deep-Sea Exploration for Informed Decision Making
Presenter: Rob Thieler (USGS)
USGS coauthor: Amanda W. Demopoulos
When: 08:35-08:45
Where: 215-216 (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
Strategies for Combining Innovative Monitoring and Modeling Systems in Coastal Environments II Poster
Primary Convener: Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu (University of Southern Mississippi)
USGS Convener: Zafer Defne
When: 08:30-12:00
Where: Hall EFG (Poster Hall) (NOLA CC)
Learn more on the AGU website.
