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EXPRESS: Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems - Interagency Collaborative Efforts Explore Deep Ocean Areas

EXPRESS: Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems - Interagency Collaborative Efforts Explore Deep Ocean Areas

As state and national interest in offshore renewable energy development and substantial commercial and recreational fishing activities grows, managing...

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Scientists Map Tectonic Structure Below the Seafloor of Puerto Rico

Scientists Map Tectonic Structure Below the Seafloor of Puerto Rico

The USGS is working to identify and map faults in southern Puerto Rico, to estimate the location and magnitude of potential earthquakes.

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2020 Hurricane Season—Science Supports Hazard Preparedness

2020 Hurricane Season—Science Supports Hazard Preparedness

Tropical storms, hurricanes, and other large coastal storms can impact coastal and inland communities and ecosystems with high winds, storm surge...

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Kara Doran gives presentation at NOAA National Weather Service Rip Current Workshop

Kara Doran gives presentation at NOAA National Weather Service Rip Current Workshop

Kara Doran gave a presentation on the USGS/NOAA Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast model to a group of National Weather Service forecasters...

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USGS hurricane response models and data to be shared with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Modeling and Data Working Group.

USGS hurricane response models and data to be shared with the Federal Emergency Management Agency Modeling and Data Working Group.

Kara Doran will give a presentation on USGS hurricane response, including coastal change hazard forecast models and USGS-wide pre- and post-storm data...

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SPCMSC researcher to participate in 2nd National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (NSF-RCN) workshop on coral bleaching

SPCMSC researcher to participate in 2nd National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network (NSF-RCN) workshop on coral bleaching

Ilsa Kuffner, and 27 other experts in coral reef science, will participate in the National Science Foundation’s 2nd Research Coordination Network on...

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ASPIRE—Exploring the Atlantic Deep Sea

ASPIRE—Exploring the Atlantic Deep Sea

The 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration (EX1906 and EX1907) was a 43-day, two-leg, telepresence-enabled expedition to collect critical...

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Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment Project virtual public presentation

Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment Project virtual public presentation

Scientists from across the southeast region, in collaboration with the USACE, participated in a live public webinar on June 9 to introduce results...

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Critical Minerals in the EEZ

Critical Minerals in the EEZ

For centuries, people have crossed oceans in search of valuable minerals. In recent times, though, increasing attention has been paid to the oceans...

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The USGS participated in a 2-day virtual workshop focusing on research needs at Gulf Islands National Seashore

The USGS participated in a 2-day virtual workshop focusing on research needs at Gulf Islands National Seashore

The objective of the workshop was to identify research and data needs to support a regional sediment budget, and opportunities for collaboration on...

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Research Geologist Christopher G. Smith to be featured in episode of Changing Seas titled, "Florida's Blue Holes: Oases in the Sea"

Research Geologist Christopher G. Smith to be featured in episode of Changing Seas titled, "Florida's Blue Holes: Oases in the Sea"

PBS’s Changing Seas docuseries will be airing an original episode on blue holes, featuring research being conducted by USGS and partners on the West...

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Geologist Julie Bernier presents findings from the Gulf Coast Subsidence Project at the Louisiana Coastal Neotectonics Workshop

Geologist Julie Bernier presents findings from the Gulf Coast Subsidence Project at the Louisiana Coastal Neotectonics Workshop

SPCMSC geologist Julie Bernier was invited to present findings from the Gulf Coast Subsidence Project at the Louisiana Coastal Neotectonics workshop...

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