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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program images.
Sites visited by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Discoverer (D2) during the two legs of the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013.
Sites visited by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep Discoverer (D2) during the two legs of the Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition 2013.
Juvenile sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) (top) and surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus) (bottom) collected on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Scale is in inches.
Juvenile sand lance (Ammodytes hexapterus) (top) and surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus) (bottom) collected on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Scale is in inches.
A sonar on a bottom platform while steaming to the deployment site in the Columbia River in 2013. The 3 platforms acquired data on currents and sediment transport at the river mouth over several months.
A sonar on a bottom platform while steaming to the deployment site in the Columbia River in 2013. The 3 platforms acquired data on currents and sediment transport at the river mouth over several months.
Photo of the seafloor in Block Island Sound showing a rock crab and several shrimp on a boulder that is covered with bryozoans. The photo was collected in support of research and management activities (e.g., wind farms and fisheries) along the Rhode Island inner continental shelf.
Photo of the seafloor in Block Island Sound showing a rock crab and several shrimp on a boulder that is covered with bryozoans. The photo was collected in support of research and management activities (e.g., wind farms and fisheries) along the Rhode Island inner continental shelf.
U.S. Geological Survey scientists (left to right) Jennifer McClain-Counts, Jill Bourque, and Amanda Demopoulos prepare to extract a sediment sample from one of the push cores deployed by the Jason II remotely operated vehicle.
U.S. Geological Survey scientists (left to right) Jennifer McClain-Counts, Jill Bourque, and Amanda Demopoulos prepare to extract a sediment sample from one of the push cores deployed by the Jason II remotely operated vehicle.
Deep-sea coral communities can be very diverse. Here a squat lobster rests among a bubblegum coral, a red tree coral, and a sponge. A brisingid seastar arm is also visible.
Deep-sea coral communities can be very diverse. Here a squat lobster rests among a bubblegum coral, a red tree coral, and a sponge. A brisingid seastar arm is also visible.
A bright orange Brisingid starfish is seen in the center of the image. The background is a thicket of live (white) and dead (brown) Lophelia coral. Several squat lobsters (Eumunida picta) can be seen in the coral, as well as a blue encrusting sponge and an urchin (foreground, lower left).
A bright orange Brisingid starfish is seen in the center of the image. The background is a thicket of live (white) and dead (brown) Lophelia coral. Several squat lobsters (Eumunida picta) can be seen in the coral, as well as a blue encrusting sponge and an urchin (foreground, lower left).
Assemblage of invertebrates living on a steep submarine canyon wall, seen during the Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss.
Assemblage of invertebrates living on a steep submarine canyon wall, seen during the Deepwater Canyons 2013 - Pathways to the Abyss.
USGS research chemist John Pohlman samples seep gas through ice in Lake Qalluuraq, located in continuous permafrost approximately 97 kilometers (60 miles) south of Barrow, Alaska.
USGS research chemist John Pohlman samples seep gas through ice in Lake Qalluuraq, located in continuous permafrost approximately 97 kilometers (60 miles) south of Barrow, Alaska.
Sandy Brosnahan transporting a weather buoy into the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s operational facility to continue the process of getting it ready to deploy. This buoy was one of 6, deployed by John Warner and others, to measure wind speed, direction, pressure, and temperature off the coast of Fire Island, NY. Paired with each weather b
Sandy Brosnahan transporting a weather buoy into the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center’s operational facility to continue the process of getting it ready to deploy. This buoy was one of 6, deployed by John Warner and others, to measure wind speed, direction, pressure, and temperature off the coast of Fire Island, NY. Paired with each weather b
Photo for upcoming seminar titled, “Sediment delivery across the bay-marsh interface of an estuarine salt marsh,” by Jessie Lacy.
Photo for upcoming seminar titled, “Sediment delivery across the bay-marsh interface of an estuarine salt marsh,” by Jessie Lacy.
A USGS diver carrying a scale bar and clipboard swims above Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys using SCUBA.
A USGS diver carrying a scale bar and clipboard swims above Sombrero Reef, Florida Keys using SCUBA.
Image of ripples in sand, next to a rocky surface on the seafloor 2.5 km (1.5 miles) offshore San Mateo County, California at a depth of 24.6 meters (81 feet). The two red dots in the image (from lasers mounted on the camera and used as reference points) are 15 cm (6 inches) apart.
Image of ripples in sand, next to a rocky surface on the seafloor 2.5 km (1.5 miles) offshore San Mateo County, California at a depth of 24.6 meters (81 feet). The two red dots in the image (from lasers mounted on the camera and used as reference points) are 15 cm (6 inches) apart.
USGS diver taking a core of a 100-year-old coral to allow reconstruction of past ocean temperatures in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
USGS diver taking a core of a 100-year-old coral to allow reconstruction of past ocean temperatures in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
PCMSC research vessel Karluk
Investigators prepare to place a Shallow Water Irradience Platform (SWIP) at a site in Barnegat Bay, NJ.
Investigators prepare to place a Shallow Water Irradience Platform (SWIP) at a site in Barnegat Bay, NJ.
USGS research supports wetland conservation as critical habitat, Cape Cod, MA
USGS research supports wetland conservation as critical habitat, Cape Cod, MA
Equipment used for a measuring lateral fluxes over tidal cycle
Equipment used for a measuring lateral fluxes over tidal cycle
USGS and Summer Interns from the Partnership Education Program (PEP) program sampling over a tidal cycle.
USGS and Summer Interns from the Partnership Education Program (PEP) program sampling over a tidal cycle.
Estuarine salt marsh at China Camp State Park looking towards San Pablo Bay, northern San Francisco, California.
Estuarine salt marsh at China Camp State Park looking towards San Pablo Bay, northern San Francisco, California.
A sensor is deployed to measure flow in a channel of the marsh in Rachel Carlson National Wildlife Refuge in 2013.
A sensor is deployed to measure flow in a channel of the marsh in Rachel Carlson National Wildlife Refuge in 2013.