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Photograph of storm overwash, Surf Drive Beach, Falmouth, MA

Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support

The Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision-Support project assesses present and future coastal vulnerability to provide actionable information for management of our Nation’s coasts. Through multidisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships with decision-makers, physical, biological, and social factors that describe landscape and habitat changes are incorporated in a probabilistic modeling...
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS Science in Long Island Sound and its Watershed
Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support

Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support

The Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision-Support project assesses present and future coastal vulnerability to provide actionable information for management of our Nation’s coasts. Through multidisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships with decision-makers, physical, biological, and social factors that describe landscape and habitat changes are incorporated in a probabilistic modeling...
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Assateague Island Seabeach Amaranth Survey Data — 2001 to 2018 Assateague Island Seabeach Amaranth Survey Data — 2001 to 2018

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) is a plant species that was once prevalent on beaches of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast but is now listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For much of the 20th century, seabeach amaranth was absent from the mid-Atlantic coast and thought to be extinct, presumably as a result of increased development and recreational pressure. One...
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Coastal Change Likelihood in the U.S. Northeast Region: Maine to Virginia Coastal Change Likelihood in the U.S. Northeast Region: Maine to Virginia

Coastal resources are increasingly impacted by erosion, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, tidal flooding, and other potential hazards related to climate change. These hazards have varying impacts on coastal landscapes due to the numerous geologic, oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic factors that exist at a given location. Here, an assessment framework is introduced that...
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Seabeach amaranth presence-absence and barrier island geomorphology metrics as relates to shorebird habitat for Assateague Island National Seashore — 2008, 2010, and 2014 Seabeach amaranth presence-absence and barrier island geomorphology metrics as relates to shorebird habitat for Assateague Island National Seashore — 2008, 2010, and 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for developing approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given the magnitude of the threat posed by sea-level rise, and the urgency to better understand it, there is an increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands. To address...
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Assessing decadal-scale coastal change likelihood to define the accuracy and application of scientific information Assessing decadal-scale coastal change likelihood to define the accuracy and application of scientific information

Defining the accuracy and uncertainties of scientific data products is critical to the usability and trustworthiness of scientific information for environmental management and conservation purposes, such as coastal resource prioritization, design, adaptation, and mitigation. The U.S. Geological Survey has a new decadal-scale coastal change assessment product that synthesizes nearly two...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika E. Lentz, Rachel E. Henderson, Julia L. Heslin, Marie Kathleen Bartlett, Travis K. Sterne
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Development and application of a coastal change likelihood assessment for the northeast region, Maine to Virginia Development and application of a coastal change likelihood assessment for the northeast region, Maine to Virginia

Coastal resources are increasingly affected by erosion, extreme weather events, sea level rise, tidal flooding, and other potential hazards related to climate change. These hazards have varying effects on coastal landscapes because of the compounding of geologic, oceanographic, ecologic, and socioeconomic factors that exist at a given location. An assessment framework is introduced in...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika E. Lentz, Travis K. Sterne, Rachel E. Henderson
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Science and Products

Photograph of storm overwash, Surf Drive Beach, Falmouth, MA

Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support

The Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision-Support project assesses present and future coastal vulnerability to provide actionable information for management of our Nation’s coasts. Through multidisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships with decision-makers, physical, biological, and social factors that describe landscape and habitat changes are incorporated in a probabilistic modeling...
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS Science in Long Island Sound and its Watershed
Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support

Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision Support

The Sea-Level Rise Hazards and Decision-Support project assesses present and future coastal vulnerability to provide actionable information for management of our Nation’s coasts. Through multidisciplinary research and collaborative partnerships with decision-makers, physical, biological, and social factors that describe landscape and habitat changes are incorporated in a probabilistic modeling...
Learn More

Assateague Island Seabeach Amaranth Survey Data — 2001 to 2018 Assateague Island Seabeach Amaranth Survey Data — 2001 to 2018

Seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) is a plant species that was once prevalent on beaches of the U.S. mid-Atlantic coast but is now listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For much of the 20th century, seabeach amaranth was absent from the mid-Atlantic coast and thought to be extinct, presumably as a result of increased development and recreational pressure. One...
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Coastal Change Likelihood in the U.S. Northeast Region: Maine to Virginia Coastal Change Likelihood in the U.S. Northeast Region: Maine to Virginia

Coastal resources are increasingly impacted by erosion, extreme weather events, sea-level rise, tidal flooding, and other potential hazards related to climate change. These hazards have varying impacts on coastal landscapes due to the numerous geologic, oceanographic, ecological, and socioeconomic factors that exist at a given location. Here, an assessment framework is introduced that...
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Seabeach amaranth presence-absence and barrier island geomorphology metrics as relates to shorebird habitat for Assateague Island National Seashore — 2008, 2010, and 2014 Seabeach amaranth presence-absence and barrier island geomorphology metrics as relates to shorebird habitat for Assateague Island National Seashore — 2008, 2010, and 2014

Understanding how sea-level rise will affect coastal landforms and the species and habitats they support is critical for developing approaches that balance the needs of humans and native species. Given the magnitude of the threat posed by sea-level rise, and the urgency to better understand it, there is an increasing need to forecast sea-level rise effects on barrier islands. To address...
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Assessing decadal-scale coastal change likelihood to define the accuracy and application of scientific information Assessing decadal-scale coastal change likelihood to define the accuracy and application of scientific information

Defining the accuracy and uncertainties of scientific data products is critical to the usability and trustworthiness of scientific information for environmental management and conservation purposes, such as coastal resource prioritization, design, adaptation, and mitigation. The U.S. Geological Survey has a new decadal-scale coastal change assessment product that synthesizes nearly two...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika E. Lentz, Rachel E. Henderson, Julia L. Heslin, Marie Kathleen Bartlett, Travis K. Sterne
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Development and application of a coastal change likelihood assessment for the northeast region, Maine to Virginia Development and application of a coastal change likelihood assessment for the northeast region, Maine to Virginia

Coastal resources are increasingly affected by erosion, extreme weather events, sea level rise, tidal flooding, and other potential hazards related to climate change. These hazards have varying effects on coastal landscapes because of the compounding of geologic, oceanographic, ecologic, and socioeconomic factors that exist at a given location. An assessment framework is introduced in...
Authors
Elizabeth A. Pendleton, Erika E. Lentz, Travis K. Sterne, Rachel E. Henderson
By
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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