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New research finds that subtle shifts in wave direction, driven by multi-annual climate variability, are causing significant patterns in coastal...

On August 10, 2024, the USGS and several other science organizations in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, hosted booths for the annual Woods Hole Science...

From September 13-October 6, the Hawaiʻi Abyssal Nodules and Associated Ecosystems Expedition will investigate abyssal plain nodules and ecosystems...

In a recently published study, researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and USGS investigate how coral reefs affect shoreline...

In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment flow...

New USGS research documents a 14,000-year history of seismic activity preserved in the sediments of Ozette Lake, a ~100-meter (328-foot) deep coastal...

An interview of Research Marine Biologist, Ilsa Kuffner, was first aired on WLRN Public Media on August 16, 2024.

SPCMSC scientists Christina Kellogg and Julie Voelschow will go to sea from August 27–Sept 10, 2024, on the LUMCON research vessel Pelican as part of...

A new study from the University of California, Santa Cruz, The Nature Conservancy, and USGS quantifies the social and economic benefits that coral...

Coastal communities around large estuaries like San Francisco Bay are threatened by increasing erosion due to sea-level rise and anthropogenic...