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Mapping the Stamp Sands of Lake Superior

Mapping the Stamp Sands of Lake Superior

In September 2018, the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC) conducted high-resolution geophysical mapping to determine the...

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Coastal Engineering Contractor Assists Flood Modeling in California and Washington

Coastal Engineering Contractor Assists Flood Modeling in California and Washington

Coastal engineer Babak Tehranirad recently joined the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz, California, to work on the Coastal...

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Measuring Waves and Permafrost to Better Understand Erosion on Alaska’s Arctic Coast

Measuring Waves and Permafrost to Better Understand Erosion on Alaska’s Arctic Coast

Two groups of USGS scientists traveled to Barter Island in July and September of 2018, to install video cameras overlooking the island’s outer shore...

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Added Funding Aids Recovery from 2017 Hurricanes and Wildfires

Added Funding Aids Recovery from 2017 Hurricanes and Wildfires

In 2017, Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria caused roughly $265 billion in damage and killed more than 3,000 people in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico...

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News Briefs - December 2018-January 2019

News Briefs - December 2018-January 2019

Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS

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Scientists to Attend "Reef Futures 2018" Symposium on Reef Restoration

Scientists to Attend "Reef Futures 2018" Symposium on Reef Restoration

Research Marine Biologist Ilsa Kuffner, Research Oceanographer Lauren Toth, and Oceanographer Anastasios Stathakopoulos will travel to Key Largo, FL...

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Anchialine Biogeochemistry Research Team returns to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Anchialine Biogeochemistry Research Team returns to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

The Anchialine Biogeochemistry Research Team has returned to the Yucatan Peninsula Mexico to continue investigating how life persists within...

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USGS scientist selected as next editor-in-chief of AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

USGS scientist selected as next editor-in-chief of AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

USGS research geologist Amy East, of the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, will be the next editor-in-chief of the American Geophysical Union...

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Surveying deep-water habitats off US West Coast

Surveying deep-water habitats off US West Coast

Researchers from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) participated in a research cruise to survey deep-water coral, sponge, and...

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Studying flood hazards in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Studying flood hazards in San Juan, Puerto Rico

USGS scientists from Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, along with with NOAA, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, and Arrecifes Pro Ciudad...

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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

On May 3, 2018, Kīlauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, began an over three-month-long eruption. Tina Neal and the rest of her team at the...

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