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Using a newly-developed computer model called “CoSMoS-COAST” (Coastal Storm Modeling System – Coastal One-line Assimilated Simulation Tool) scientists...

Hours before Japan was struck by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the ensuing catastrophic tsunami, John Schelling spoke at a public meeting in the...

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

Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS

USGS scientists visited more than a dozen locations in the last few months, studying beach changes after winter storms, DNA in marshes, plankton flux...

In coastal environments, elevation is perhaps the most fundamental variable determining vulnerability. Accurate high-resolution digital elevation...

The USGS Coastal Processes Team has developed the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) to help residents of coastal California understand their...

Scientists are working on a rapid assessment technique for determining which U.S. coastal salt marshes are most imperiled by erosion.

In 2016 the USGS led two geophysical surveys of the Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault off the coast of southeast Alaska, using multibeam sonar to map...

New USGS mapping studies in San Pablo Bay, California, show that two of the region’s earthquake faults—the Hayward and Rodgers Creek faults—connect...