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Florida corals are bleaching due to high water temperatures

As much of the world grapples with historic heat waves exacerbated by climate change and the ongoing El Nino event, ocean temperatures are also on the rise.

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Celebrate National Ocean Month!

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Meet the Coastal Science Navigator

Learn more about this new product to help you find useful USGS coastal data and tools

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Learn how wetlands can naturally help with climate change impacts

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A window of opportunity for coastal resilience

How coral restoration could help mitigate the effects of sea-level rise

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Coastal Science Informs Dredging Efforts at Columbia River Mouth

Data helps managers strategically place materials, reduce erosion

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Coastal Change Likelihood Assessment

A synthesis of factors that determine future coastal change

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Coral Reefs as National, Natural Infrastructure

USGS Research Geologist Curt Storlazzi explains how healthy coral reefs in places like the Caribbean and Pacific Islands serve as national, natural infrastructure

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Deep-Sea Expedition with USGS, NOAA, and BOEM Explores West Coast Wind Sites

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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program scientists and staff study coastal and ocean resources and processes from shorelines and estuaries to the continental shelf and deep sea.

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Coral reef and Loggerhead Key in Dry Tortugas National Park

CMHRP’s decadal science strategy for 2020-2030

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Sound Waves Newsletter

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Conozca a Legna Torres-García, oceanógrafa investigadora y Jefa Científica por Excelencia

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New Models Show Restoration Can Benefit Salmon While Reducing Flood Risks to Pacific Northwest River Deltas

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USGS-Designed Tool Revolutionizes Seafloor Mapping

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Observations and morphodynamic modeling of decadal-scale morphologic change in estuaries under sea level rise

Sea level rise is expected to affect coastal areas all around the world, including the estuarine environment. New bathymetry collected in 2014 provided a unique opportunity to test the modeling of Elmilady et al. (2019), who presented a morphodynamic DELFT3D model of San Pablo Bay, California, that included detailed tidal water movement, wind-wave action, sediment transport, and resulting bed leve
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Bruce E. Jaffe, Hesham Elmilady, Mick Van der Wegen, Theresa A. Fregoso
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Abundance and distribution of large thecosome pteropods in the northern Gulf of Mexico

The ecological role of large thecosome pteropods in the pelagic ecosystem of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) may be substantial, both in the food web and biogeochemical cycling. We analyzed species abundances, vertical and horizontal distributions of large species with calcareous shells (those collected in 3-mm mesh nets). Pteropod samples were collected following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil
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Sarah Shedler, Brad Seibel, Michael Vecchione, Dale W. Griffin, Heather Judkins
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Gulf of Mexico

Biofilms as potential reservoirs of stony coral tissue loss disease

Since 2014, corals throughout Florida’s Coral Reef have been plagued by an epizootic of unknown etiology, colloquially termed stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Although in Florida the movement of this waterborne coral disease has been consistent with natural transport via water currents, outbreaks in the Caribbean have been more sporadic, with infections occurring in locations inconsistent
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James S. Evans, Valerie J. Paul, Christina A. Kellogg
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Using Video Imagery to Study Coastal Change: Madeira Beach, Florida

Video observations of Madeira Beach, Florida, are used to monitor a range of coastal processes, for example changes in the shoreline position, both seasonally and due to long-term effects such as sea-level rise, and instances of beach and dune erosion during extreme storm events.
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Using Video Imagery to Study Coastal Change: Madeira Beach, Florida

Video observations of Madeira Beach, Florida, are used to monitor a range of coastal processes, for example changes in the shoreline position, both seasonally and due to long-term effects such as sea-level rise, and instances of beach and dune erosion during extreme storm events.
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Using Video Imagery to Study Coastal Change: Sand Key, Florida

Video observations of Sand Key, Florida, are used to monitor a range of coastal processes, for example changes in the shoreline position, both seasonally and due to long-term effects such as sea-level rise, and instances of beach and dune erosion during extreme storm events.
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Using Video Imagery to Study Coastal Change: Sand Key, Florida

Video observations of Sand Key, Florida, are used to monitor a range of coastal processes, for example changes in the shoreline position, both seasonally and due to long-term effects such as sea-level rise, and instances of beach and dune erosion during extreme storm events.
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USGS CoastCams

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses a nationwide network of coastal observing cameras, or CoastCams, to monitor coastal conditions in near real-time and support research by the USGS and its partners into a variety of coastal processes and hazards. The most recent CoastCam images are made publicly available within minutes of data collection and can be accessed using the links below or by...
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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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USGS CoastCams

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses a nationwide network of coastal observing cameras, or CoastCams, to monitor coastal conditions in near real-time and support research by the USGS and its partners into a variety of coastal processes and hazards. The most recent CoastCam images are made publicly available within minutes of data collection and can be accessed using the links below or by...
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