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Herring River Estuary, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Monitoring of surface water and pore-water depth, salinity, and temperature, soil temperature and meteorological data in Herring River estuary to examine environmental geochemistry and health of the estuary. June-October

Learn more about the project, “Environmental Geochemistry”

Santa Cruz county and San Mateo county coastal watersheds, California: CZU Lightning Complex wildfire geochemistry: Collecting sediment samples for analysis, to characterize sediment geochemical, carbon, and contaminant changes associated with wildfire and potential loading to coastal systems. September 2020-March 2021

Learn more about the project, “Landscape Response to Disturbance”

Monterey Bay, California: Collected nearshore bathymetry and beach topography from northern Monterey Bay area beaches. September-October (northern Bay area) and October (southern Bay area).

Learn more about the project, “Climate impacts on Monterey Bay area beaches”

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Sand Key, Clearwater, Florida: Collected beach elevation transects to support the Sand Key remote-sensing video camera operation. October

Learn more about the project, “Video Remote Sensing of Coastal Processes”

Grand Bay/Point aux Chenes Bay Alabama/Mississippi border: Collected sediment samples from marsh area to assess Hurricane Delta marsh deposition (grain size, LOI, diatoms, and sediment volume deposited), October; and collected single-beam bathymetry (depth) with personal water craft, to assess marsh history. October-November

Learn more about the project, “Estuarine and Marsh Geology”

Whale’s Tail site assessment, South San Francisco Bay: Assess site for study of marsh edge sediment dynamics. Collect baseline bathymetric data to assess navigability. October

Learn more about the project, “Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments”

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Manistee, Michigan: Used ground-penetrating radar to collect baseline geophysical and geological information about coastal bluff structure for studying coastal erosion patterns and causes. October

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Southern California Borderland, California: Supporting science aboard Ocean Exploration Trust’s Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus with Remotely operating vehicle (ROV) Hercules; investigated benthic communities in poorly explored, mineral-rich ecosystems associated with phosphorites and ferromanganese crusts. October-November

Learn more about the project, “Global Marine Mineral Resources”

Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Biscayne National Park, Fowey Rocks Lighthouse (Homestead, Florida); Crocker Reef (Islamorada, Florida); and Sombrero Reef (Marathon, Florida): Site visits to coral calcification monitoring stations to measure coral and algal calcification rates. October-November

Learn more about the project, “Coral Reef Ecosystem Studies”

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Double Keyhole Cave, near Tampa Bay, Florida: Collected aqueous chemistry and hydrology of Double Keyhole Cave in advance of and just following Hurricane Eta. November

Learn more about the sampling device used to collect water samples: OsmoSampler

Learn more about the project, “Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems”

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California: Collected single-beam bathymetry (depth) with personal water craft, beach elevation with precision GPS equipment on an all-terrain vehicle, and Structure-from-Motion photos of coastal bluffs at Fort Funston; to monitor long-term changes in beach and subtidal sand volume and distribution on a highly energetic and erosive beach. November 5 and November 12

Learn more about the project, “Dynamic coastlines along the western U.S.”

Madeira Beach, Florida: Collected GPS beach elevation data in support of long-term monitoring at Madeira Beach and for the total water level (TWL) model. November 6 and November 16

Learn more about the project, “National Assessment of Storm-Induced Coastal Change Hazards”