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USGS project Stakeholder Engagement for Natural Hazards Investigations in the Caribbean (SENHIC) featured in White House Fact Sheet, "Vice President Harris Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S-Caribbean Partnership"

USGS project Stakeholder Engagement for Natural Hazards Investigations in the Caribbean (SENHIC) featured in White House Fact Sheet, "Vice President Harris Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S-Caribbean Partnership"

Vice President Kamala Harris and Caribbean leaders launched the U.S.-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030), the U.S...

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National Ocean Month

National Ocean Month

The ocean is a beautiful, dynamic, and sometimes dangerous place. Unsurprisingly, this is why a lot of USGS researchers spend their entire careers...

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USGS science can inform communities of the coastal change hurricanes may bring

USGS science can inform communities of the coastal change hurricanes may bring

The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 through November 30. Throughout the season, the U.S. Geological Survey will be providing science...

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USGS develops new capability to forecast probability of storm-related coastal change in Puerto Rico

USGS develops new capability to forecast probability of storm-related coastal change in Puerto Rico

  

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USGS desarrolla una nueva capacidad de pronosticar probabilidades de cambios costeros relacionados con tormentas en Puerto Rico

USGS desarrolla una nueva capacidad de pronosticar probabilidades de cambios costeros relacionados con tormentas en Puerto Rico

  

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New Research Reveals Alarming Future for California's Coastline

New Research Reveals Alarming Future for California's Coastline

Computer modeling by USGS and the University of South Wales-Sydney predicts significant beach erosion by 2100 due to sea-level rise and other factors.

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USGS Science Informs Nature-based Solutions Policies to Protect U.S. Coral Reefs

USGS Science Informs Nature-based Solutions Policies to Protect U.S. Coral Reefs

USGS research on the value of coral reefs as coastal protection informs state and territorial policies to protect, restore, and insure U.S. reefs.

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USGS projects and resources for Puerto Rico were shared at the CariCOOS General Assembly

USGS projects and resources for Puerto Rico were shared at the CariCOOS General Assembly

The Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CariCOOS) hosted the assembly May 26, 2023, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and featured a presentation about...

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Blue Carbon Research Contributes to Largest Tidal Restoration in the Northeast

Blue Carbon Research Contributes to Largest Tidal Restoration in the Northeast

The Herring River restoration is now underway. For nearly a decade, the USGS has conducted blue carbon research to support this restoration project...

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Caitlin Reynolds is heading out to the Gulf of Mexico to continue a study on sediment flux

Caitlin Reynolds is heading out to the Gulf of Mexico to continue a study on sediment flux

Caitlin and a group of Eckerd College students getting their first research cruise experience will head out on the R/V Weatherbird II on May 28, 2023...

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The Weight of New York City

The Weight of New York City

New York City faces accelerating inundation risk from sea-level rise, subsidence, and increasing storm intensity from natural and anthropogenic causes...

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SPCMSC Research Geologist to deliver presentation at International Sclerochronology Conference

SPCMSC Research Geologist to deliver presentation at International Sclerochronology Conference

Dr. Madelyn Mette will moderate a scientific session and present recent work titled “Bridging the gap between corals and bivalves: Development of...

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