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Research Geologist Jenna Hill Joins the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 

Research Geologist Jenna Hill Joins the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 

The USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center welcomes research geologist Jenna Hill.

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Cassandra Ladino Receives the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award

Cassandra Ladino Receives the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award

The USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) honored Cassandra Ladino with the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award.

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Richard Signell Receives the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award

Richard Signell Receives the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award

The USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) honored Richard Signell with the 2017 CDI Leadership and Innovation Award.

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Massachusetts Senate Visits the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Massachusetts Senate Visits the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Members and staff of the Massachusetts State Senate visited the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center with specific requests to discuss...

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Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - June-July 2017

Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - June-July 2017

USGS scientists visited more than 26 locations in the last two months, studying the ocean floor near landslides, collecting coral cores to study land...

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USGS maps underwater part of Big Sur landslide at Mud Creek

USGS maps underwater part of Big Sur landslide at Mud Creek

Scientists from the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center mapped the offshore extent of the Mud Creek landslide on California’s Big Sur coast...

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Huge landslide on California’s Big Sur coast continues to change

Huge landslide on California’s Big Sur coast continues to change

The Mud Creek landslide on California’s Big Sur coast keeps eroding.

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Preparing for the Storm: Predicting Where Our Coasts Are at Risk

Preparing for the Storm: Predicting Where Our Coasts Are at Risk

Living in the Outer Banks means living with the power of the sea. Jutting out from North Carolina’s coast into the Atlantic Ocean, this series of...

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New Land Created by Slide on Big Sur Coast is Eroding

New Land Created by Slide on Big Sur Coast is Eroding

USGS analysis of air photos collected June 13 shows that new land created by a May 20 landslide on California’s Big Sur coast is eroding. 

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USGS maps, measures huge landslide on California's Big Sur coast

USGS maps, measures huge landslide on California's Big Sur coast

USGS scientists analyzing before-and-after air photos have calculated the size of the May 20 landslide on California’s Big Sur coast, about 140 miles...

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Disappearing Beaches: Modeling Shoreline Change in Southern California

Disappearing Beaches: Modeling Shoreline Change in Southern California

Southern California could lose up to two-thirds of its beaches by 2100, if sea level rises 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters) and human intervention is...

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News Briefs - May 2017

News Briefs - May 2017

Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS 

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