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Coral reef restoration can yield significant flood reduction benefits. These natural defenses were damaged in the 2017 hurricanes; their recovery would reduce the risks of further storm damages to nature, people and property.
Coral reef restoration can yield significant flood reduction benefits. These natural defenses were damaged in the 2017 hurricanes; their recovery would reduce the risks of further storm damages to nature, people and property.
Report Summary
Future Flooding Impacts from Projected Coral Reef Degradation in Florida
Projected future degradation of reef natural infrastructure puts U.S. people and property at significant risk of future flooding.
Key Points
Report Summary
Future Flooding Impacts from Projected Coral Reef Degradation in Florida
Projected future degradation of reef natural infrastructure puts U.S. people and property at significant risk of future flooding.
Key Points
Future flooding on Florida’s reef-lined coasts would increase by 16% if present reef loss continues.
Future flooding on Florida’s reef-lined coasts would increase by 16% if present reef loss continues.
Maps for the southern part of the Florida coastline show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to damage by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Maps for the southern part of the Florida coastline show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to damage by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Maps show the potential decrease in annual coastal hazard risk provided by coral reef restoration in Puerto Rico.
Maps show the potential decrease in annual coastal hazard risk provided by coral reef restoration in Puerto Rico.
Four scenarios for the southern part of the Florida coastline show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to projected coral reef degradation.
Four scenarios for the southern part of the Florida coastline show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to projected coral reef degradation.
Maps show the potential decrease in annual coastal hazard risk provided by coral reef restoration in Florida.
Maps show the potential decrease in annual coastal hazard risk provided by coral reef restoration in Florida.
Maps of Puerto Rico show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to damage by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Maps of Puerto Rico show the increase in annual coastal hazard risk due to damage by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Report Summary
The Social and Economic Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in Florida
Targeted restoration of reef natural infrastructure can protect U.S. people and property from significant risk of future flooding.
Key Points
Report Summary
The Social and Economic Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in Florida
Targeted restoration of reef natural infrastructure can protect U.S. people and property from significant risk of future flooding.
Key Points
Bathymetry data from various sources, including newly released 2018 and 2019 multibeam data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), were combined to create a composite 30-m resolution multibeam bathymetry surface of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore of Oregon and northern California.
Bathymetry data from various sources, including newly released 2018 and 2019 multibeam data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), were combined to create a composite 30-m resolution multibeam bathymetry surface of the southern Cascadia Margin offshore of Oregon and northern California.
Report Summary
The Social and Economic Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in Puerto Rico
Key Points
Report Summary
The Social and Economic Benefits of Coral Reef Restoration in Puerto Rico
Key Points
Las consecuencias significativas del riesgo de inundación debido a los daños en los arrecifes de coral causado por los huracanes Irma y María clarifican por qué los beneficios de defensa de esta infraestructura natural deben recuperarse, repararse y restaurarse.
Las consecuencias significativas del riesgo de inundación debido a los daños en los arrecifes de coral causado por los huracanes Irma y María clarifican por qué los beneficios de defensa de esta infraestructura natural deben recuperarse, repararse y restaurarse.
Photo looking downstream from the Pack Creek Road Bridge shows the rain gage on top with a USGS sticker. Below is a solar panel for power. The other white round object contains the data logger and satellite antenna.
Photo looking downstream from the Pack Creek Road Bridge shows the rain gage on top with a USGS sticker. Below is a solar panel for power. The other white round object contains the data logger and satellite antenna.
The hillslopes above Cinnamon Creek within the Grizzly Creek burn area one year following the Grizzly Creek fire.
The hillslopes above Cinnamon Creek within the Grizzly Creek burn area one year following the Grizzly Creek fire.
Hillslope recovery along Blue Gulch in the Grizzly Creek burn area. This photo was taken approximately 1 year following the Grizzly Creek fire.
Hillslope recovery along Blue Gulch in the Grizzly Creek burn area. This photo was taken approximately 1 year following the Grizzly Creek fire.
USGS infographic on the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck central Virginia August 23, 2011, east coast earthquake hazards and how the USGS is helping inform critical decisions to protect lives and property.
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10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE M5.8 EARTHQUAKE IN VIRGINIA
America’s Most Widely Felt Earthquake
USGS infographic on the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck central Virginia August 23, 2011, east coast earthquake hazards and how the USGS is helping inform critical decisions to protect lives and property.
Full Text Description:
10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE M5.8 EARTHQUAKE IN VIRGINIA
America’s Most Widely Felt Earthquake
An anchor station in 20m water depth with a wave buoy and smart mooring attached. This instrument will deliver high-fidelity, real-time wave, water level, and wind data to scientists at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.
An anchor station in 20m water depth with a wave buoy and smart mooring attached. This instrument will deliver high-fidelity, real-time wave, water level, and wind data to scientists at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.
A solar-powered Sofar spotter buoy floats in the water next to the R/V (Research Vessel) Sallenger.
A solar-powered Sofar spotter buoy floats in the water next to the R/V (Research Vessel) Sallenger.
A solar-powered Sofar spotter buoy floats in the water next to the R/V (Research Vessel) Sallenger.
A solar-powered Sofar spotter buoy floats in the water next to the R/V (Research Vessel) Sallenger.
A solar-powered Sofar spotter buoy floats in the water next to the R/V (Research Vessel) Sallenger.
A solar-powered Sofar spotter buoy floats in the water next to the R/V (Research Vessel) Sallenger.
A scientific diver next to an anchor station in 20m water depth with a wave buoy and smart mooring attached. This instrument will deliver high-fidelity, real-time wave, water level, and wind data to scientists at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.
A scientific diver next to an anchor station in 20m water depth with a wave buoy and smart mooring attached. This instrument will deliver high-fidelity, real-time wave, water level, and wind data to scientists at the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.