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As the largest lake west of the Mississippi River with an average depth of around five meters (~16 feet), the Great Salt Lake offers an opportunity to...

A new study focused on the Cortes Basin, located within the Outer California Borderland offshore of southern California, presents detailed evidence of...

The next generation of the Seabed Observation and Sampling System—SEABOSS 3.0—is steadily coming to life. Building on months of cross‑center planning...

In response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the USGS collected and released aerial imagery covering over 250 kilometers (155 miles) of the west coast...

USGS Research Geologist Curt Storlazzi is among more than 650 international scientists contributing to the United Nations' third World Ocean...

Around the world, scientists are using the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Waves-Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System to better understand and...

On leg three of the American Samoa Mapping Project, an interagency-supported hydrograph survey project led by NOAA and in partnership with BOEM, USGS...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency partnered with the USGS to expand and update the National Shoreline Change database and the Coastal Change...

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. Throughout the season, the U.S. Geological Survey aids coastal and inland...

A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.