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USGS Coastal Science

The USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program is the only federal science program focused on the geology and processes of coastal and marine landscapes.

Pete Dal Ferro and Chief Scientist Jenna Hill deploy a chirp sub-bottom profiler from the starboard deck of the M/V Bold Horizon.

On a whiteboard on the R/V Bold Horizon, researchers taped a vertical map showing the length of the Cascadia Subduction Zone in bathymetric detail. Many data gaps were filled by the cores collected during the research expedition.

George Snyder aboard the R/V Bold Horizon sits at the research command center, with monitors displaying the ship's aft deck and a bathymetric map of the seafloor

Sunset with the jumbo piston core on its track system on the aft deck of the M/V Bold Horizon.

Jason Padgett and Pete Dal Ferro deploy a piston core from the aft deck of the M/V Bold Horizon in rough seas.

On the M/V Bold Horizon, Pete Dal Ferro and Jason Padgett deploy the piston core at sunset. 

USGS scientists Jin-Si Over and Sandy Brosnahan do final checks on UAS before taking off.

Potential coastal change impacts during a direct landfall of Hurricane Ian as of 11:00 am, Friday, September 30, 2022.

A six-image collage depicting various benefits of coastal areas: recreation and tourism; carbon storage; wave and flood protection; wildlife habitat; communities and commerce; and sustainable industries.

Potential coastal change impacts during a direct landfall of Hurricane Ian as of 8:00 am, Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

First recovered core using the new mega multicorer during a survey of the Mississippi River Delta Front on the R/V Pelican, September 2022. A total of 1.13 m of sediment was recovered in this core, with a fully preserved sediment-water interface.

USGS Marine Operations Specialist, Chuck Worley, assisting with the recovery of the first successful deployment of the new mega multicorer during a survey of the Mississippi River Delta Front on the R/V Pelican, September 2022.

Annotated view of the Instruments attached to the new customized USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program mega multicorer.

A virtual “flight” over seafloor features in Southern California as if the water has been drained away. The flight travels around the features Footprint and Piggy Bank, just south of the northern Channel Islands in southern California.