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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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Interagency Partners to Collect Seafloor Data in Southern Alaska

Interagency Partners to Collect Seafloor Data in Southern Alaska

Starting in May 2023 in the Gulf of Alaska, this regional seafloor mapping campaign is part of a broader effort to collect data across coastal and...

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USGS Science Contributes to Plan to Conserve South Atlantic Salt Marshes

USGS Science Contributes to Plan to Conserve South Atlantic Salt Marshes

A new plan titled, “Marsh Forward” outlines what it would take to protect a million-acre salt marsh ecosystem in the South Atlantic region of the U.S...

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