Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

News

Read Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program news from coast to coast!

Filter Total Items: 1185
Microbial removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from surface water recharged into the Upper Floridan Aquifer

Microbial removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from surface water recharged into the Upper Floridan Aquifer

A recent study is providing novel data on the ability of microorganisms to remove nutrients during storage at aquifer storage and recovery (ASR)...

Read Article
USGS coastal flood maps assist emergency planning for Hurricane Lane

USGS coastal flood maps assist emergency planning for Hurricane Lane

As Hurricane Lane approached Hawaiʻi, personnel in the Honolulu Emergency Operations Center on Oahu contacted Curt Storlazzi of the USGS Pacific...

Read Article
USGS: Florence Likely to Cause Short- and Long-Term Beach Erosion

USGS: Florence Likely to Cause Short- and Long-Term Beach Erosion

Initial effect will probably be erosion on 75 percent of North Carolina beaches, experts say.

 

To learn more about USGS’ role providing science to...

Read Article
Elevated water levels from Hurricane Florence likely to impact Southeast Atlantic beaches and dunes for several days

Elevated water levels from Hurricane Florence likely to impact Southeast Atlantic beaches and dunes for several days

The USGS Coastal Change Hazards storm team is predicting coastal change impacts due to the potential for high waves and storm surge along the...

Read Article
Hurricane Maria’s impacts on deep-water coral reefs off Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria’s impacts on deep-water coral reefs off Puerto Rico

USGS research geologist Curt Storlazzi was quoted in an August 22 Nature news article about Hurricane Maria’s effects on deep-water coral reefs off...

Read Article
USGS-NOAA cruise maps Cascadia subduction zone to assess earthquake hazards

USGS-NOAA cruise maps Cascadia subduction zone to assess earthquake hazards

From July 31 to August 23, a joint USGS-NOAA cruise mapped seafloor depths, texture, and gas seeps in the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of...

Read Article
USGS and NASA researchers meet to discuss Synthetic Aperture Radar for assessing USGS coastal-flooding projections

USGS and NASA researchers meet to discuss Synthetic Aperture Radar for assessing USGS coastal-flooding projections

USGS and NASA researchers met July 16 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to discuss Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery of the Southern...

Read Article
CMHRP Lidar Coordinator invited to be Keynote Speaker at the 2018 Ohio GIS Conference

CMHRP Lidar Coordinator invited to be Keynote Speaker at the 2018 Ohio GIS Conference

Xan Fredericks, Lidar Coordinator for the Coastal-Marine Hazards and Resources Program, was invited by the Ohio Chapter of the Urban and Regional...

Read Article
Big Bend Coastal Mapping Prioritization Workshop in Cedar Key, Florida

Big Bend Coastal Mapping Prioritization Workshop in Cedar Key, Florida

The USGS, FWRI, and FIO, as part of the Florida Coastal Mapping Program (FCMaP), are leading a coastal and seafloor mapping prioritization workshop on...

Read Article
Moving Mountains: Elwha River Still Changing Five Years After World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project: More than 20 million tons of sediment flushed to the sea

Moving Mountains: Elwha River Still Changing Five Years After World’s Largest Dam-Removal Project: More than 20 million tons of sediment flushed to the sea

Starting in 2011, the National Park Service removed two obsolete dams from the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, Washington. It was the world’s...

Read Article
Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - September 2018

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - September 2018

In September of 2018, USGS scientists visited more than 20 coastal and offshore locations studying deep corals off the East Coast, sea turtle nests in...

Read Article
The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group Aids in Monitoring and Mapping the Kīlauea Volcanic Eruption

The Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center Aerial Imaging and Mapping Group Aids in Monitoring and Mapping the Kīlauea Volcanic Eruption

Interagency drone pilots from the USGS, Bureau of Land Management, and Office of Aviation Services, and four data managers, join the USGS Hawaiian...

Read Article