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USGS 2017 Excellence in Leadership Award honors scientists who assess coastal flooding threats

USGS 2017 Excellence in Leadership Award honors scientists who assess coastal flooding threats

Research geologist Patrick Barnard and research oceanographer Li Erikson have been recognized for leading efforts to better assess coastal...

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Documentary about sea-level rise threatening the Republic of the Marshall Islands features USGS findings

Documentary about sea-level rise threatening the Republic of the Marshall Islands features USGS findings

USGS research in the Republic of the Marshall Islands forms part of the scientific foundation of an interactive documentary released April 6 by PBS...

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USGS beach and nearshore surveys in the media

USGS beach and nearshore surveys in the media

USGS oceanographer Dan Hoover explained how USGS coastal surveys are conducted and why they are important in a radio interview with NPR affiliate KCLU...

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USGS oceanographer part of U.S. delegation to International Seabed Authority

USGS oceanographer part of U.S. delegation to International Seabed Authority

Oceanographer Amy Gartman joined two members of the U.S. State Department at the 24th session of the International Seabed Authority, the organization...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - March 2018

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - March 2018

USGS scientists visited more than 10 coastal and offshore locations studying California wildfire contaminated river sediments, the offshore part of...

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Recent Publications - March 2018

Recent Publications - March 2018

List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

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News Briefs - March 2018

News Briefs - March 2018

Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS.

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Regional Acidification Trends in Florida Shellfish Estuaries

Regional Acidification Trends in Florida Shellfish Estuaries

Florida provides a unique opportunity to evaluate changes in ocean acidification as related to geochemistry within estuaries at a regional scale...

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Fulbright Scholar Joins Coral Reef Project at Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Fulbright Scholar Joins Coral Reef Project at Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Andrew Pomeroy is a coastal oceanographer and engineer from the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre in Perth, where he has a joint appointment with...

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Dredging Up Clues to the Geologic History and Mineral Resources of the Rio Grande Rise, Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Dredging Up Clues to the Geologic History and Mineral Resources of the Rio Grande Rise, Southwest Atlantic Ocean

USGS scientists focused on finding iron-manganese crusts, whose chemistry reveals how the ocean has changed throughout millennia. The crusts also...

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Polluted Groundwater Threatens Hawaiian Coral Reefs

Polluted Groundwater Threatens Hawaiian Coral Reefs

According to a study by USGS scientists, polluted, low-pH groundwater discharging onto a shallow coral reef off Kahekili Beach Park in west Maui...

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