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In a recently published study, researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and USGS investigate how coral reefs affect shoreline...

In a warming climate, increased wildfire activity coupled with extreme rain events is causing significant erosion, leading to heightened sediment flow...

New USGS research documents a 14,000-year history of seismic activity preserved in the sediments of Ozette Lake, a ~100-meter (328-foot) deep coastal...

An interview of Research Marine Biologist, Ilsa Kuffner, was first aired on WLRN Public Media on August 16, 2024.

SPCMSC scientists Christina Kellogg and Julie Voelschow will go to sea from August 27–Sept 10, 2024, on the LUMCON research vessel Pelican as part of...

A new study from the University of California, Santa Cruz, The Nature Conservancy, and USGS quantifies the social and economic benefits that coral...

Coastal communities around large estuaries like San Francisco Bay are threatened by increasing erosion due to sea-level rise and anthropogenic...

Erosion of marsh boundaries by waves is a major cause of marsh loss, but little research has captured the effect of seasonal differences on marsh-edge...

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service evaluates the response of benthic invertebrates to the largest...

As Hurricane Beryl approached the U.S. Gulf of America coast, the USGS Coastal Change Hazards team produced a series of forecasts for impacts on the...