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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program images.
Photo from a time-lapse camera looking eastward along the north shore of Barter Island on Alaska’s Arctic coast, June 15, 2014. View the complete time-lapse sequence to see how the coastal bluffs and beach changed during a single summer.
Photo from a time-lapse camera looking eastward along the north shore of Barter Island on Alaska’s Arctic coast, June 15, 2014. View the complete time-lapse sequence to see how the coastal bluffs and beach changed during a single summer.
Eroded dunes on Fire Island, New York, nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy.
Eroded dunes on Fire Island, New York, nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy.
A crew of USGS scientists prepares equipment, including personal watercraft, to collect nearshore bathymetry and sub-surface geology data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
A crew of USGS scientists prepares equipment, including personal watercraft, to collect nearshore bathymetry and sub-surface geology data to assess the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Highly diverse and resilient reef within Bird Island Marine Protected Area, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
Highly diverse and resilient reef within Bird Island Marine Protected Area, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
Divers from the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands reef resiliency team conduct assessments of reef resilience in the Marianas archipelago.
Divers from the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands reef resiliency team conduct assessments of reef resilience in the Marianas archipelago.
Underwater photo of a healthy coral reef.
Underwater photo of a healthy coral reef.
A buoy instrumented to collect meteorological observations is recovered off Fire Island, NY in 2014. The data collected is part of a study of the coastal processes that mobilize and transport sediment in the region
A buoy instrumented to collect meteorological observations is recovered off Fire Island, NY in 2014. The data collected is part of a study of the coastal processes that mobilize and transport sediment in the region
A remotely operated vessel starts a survey at dawn off Fire Island, NY in 2014. The data collected is part of a study of the coastal processes that mobilize and transport sediment in the region
A remotely operated vessel starts a survey at dawn off Fire Island, NY in 2014. The data collected is part of a study of the coastal processes that mobilize and transport sediment in the region
USGS tilt current meter (white cylinder) in overwash channel in the Sandwich Town Beach flooded during a Nor'Easter in March 2014
USGS tilt current meter (white cylinder) in overwash channel in the Sandwich Town Beach flooded during a Nor'Easter in March 2014
Large swells from the north-northeast with heights up to 5 meters (16 feet) combined with unusually high tides inundated much of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on March 2, 2014.
Large swells from the north-northeast with heights up to 5 meters (16 feet) combined with unusually high tides inundated much of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on March 2, 2014.
Waves wash over a road on Roi-Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during a particularly high tidal event. USGS is studying how slightly reduced rainfall combined with sea-level rise affect freshwater sources on low-lying Pacific coral islands.
Waves wash over a road on Roi-Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during a particularly high tidal event. USGS is studying how slightly reduced rainfall combined with sea-level rise affect freshwater sources on low-lying Pacific coral islands.
Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Schematic geologic cross section of Southern Oʻahu showing groundwater–seawater interaction in the vicinity of Honolulu, HI (modified from Frans et al., 2012).
Schematic geologic cross section of Southern Oʻahu showing groundwater–seawater interaction in the vicinity of Honolulu, HI (modified from Frans et al., 2012).
Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Every inch of the deck of the R/V Connecticut is covered by instrumented platforms awaiting deployment on the seafloor south of Fire Island NY in winter 2014.
Every inch of the deck of the R/V Connecticut is covered by instrumented platforms awaiting deployment on the seafloor south of Fire Island NY in winter 2014.
Every inch of the deck of the R/V Connecticut is covered by instrumented platforms awaiting deployment on the seafloor south of Fire Island NY in winter 2014.
Every inch of the deck of the R/V Connecticut is covered by instrumented platforms awaiting deployment on the seafloor south of Fire Island NY in winter 2014.
Snowy owl visitor to CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic Ocean
Snowy owl visitor to CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent in the Arctic Ocean
Hundreds of catsharks, or chainlink dogfish, rest on one of the "Billy Mitchell" Fleet shipwrecks. The shipwreck has also been occupied by colonies of anemones, starfish, and hydroids.
Hundreds of catsharks, or chainlink dogfish, rest on one of the "Billy Mitchell" Fleet shipwrecks. The shipwreck has also been occupied by colonies of anemones, starfish, and hydroids.
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.
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.