Sound Waves Newsletter - January-March 2022
Stamp Sands Revisited: USGS Science Centers Team Up to Advance Mapping in Lake Superior
USGS scientists returned in August, 2021, to map an area of Lake Superior that has been - and continues to be - greatly impacted by a legacy of copper mining in the region. Millions of tons of waste material from the mines, locally known as “stamp sands”, were dumped into coastal waters along the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan during the early 20th century.
Reflection on a 29-year career at USGS from Karen Morgan
For Women’s History Month, we reached out to Karen Morgan, retired coastal geologist from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center. Karen provided a reflection on the progression of coastal research and increase in women scientists during her 29-year career at USGS.
Seven Decades of Coastal Change at Barter Island, AK
The Beaufort Sea coast along the northern edge of Alaska is a place of extremes. Home to the northernmost year-round settlements in the United States, this region sees round-the-clock daylight during the three-month Arctic summer and is shrouded in darkness and ice the rest of the year.
Celebrating Women's History Month
Read about the women making history every day in coastal and marine science
Thermal Refugia in Reefs
Repeated heat stress can eventually kill off entire colonies of coral, turning once vibrant ecosystems into comparatively barren ones.
USGS scientists contribute to new gas hydrates monograph
The recently-published monograph entitled World Atlas of Submarine Gas Hydrates on Continental Margins compiles findings about gas hydrates offshore all of Earth’s continents and also onshore in selected permafrost regions.
Eelgrass research in Puget Sound
In an effort to understand the function of nearshore habitats and develop approaches to restore them to be resilient into the future, USGS and partners are conducting science at the grassroots level—eelgrass roots, that is.
Strong representation at the 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting from the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Scientists and staff from the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program will have more than two dozen presentations during the week-long virtual conference.
Fire plus Flood equals Beach
A new study combines decades of coastal satellite imagery with hydrologic and oceanographic data to look at how changes on land affect coastlines in Big Sur, California.
New interagency report highlights alarming sea level rise predictions for all U.S. coastlines
The U.S. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Hazard Scenarios and Tools Interagency Task Force published updated sea level rise projections out to 2150 and extreme water level probabilities for the Nation’s coasts out to year 2050. This effort offers information to help coastal communities prepare for the impacts of sea level rise.
Photo Roundup - January-March 2022
A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.
News Briefs - January-March 2022
News Briefs - featuring coastal and ocean science from across the USGS.