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Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: Gulf of Mexico Update

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

National Assessment of Hurricane-Induced Coastal Erosion Hazards: South Carolina to New Hampshire update

Photography
Cars, pedestrians, and homes alongside a coast with big waves hitting the cliffs and sections of the cliff have collapsed.

Santa Cruz coastal erosion
Center News
A man sits at a desk in front of a computer monitor and keyboard, pointing to the image and talking.

New Maps from Old Photos: Measuring Coastal Erosion in California

Photography
Map of La Jolla coastline shows colored bands where cliffs could erode in different scenarios.

La Jolla cliff erosion models
Photography
a sandy coastline with heavily eroded dunes with two houses on stilts nearby

Erosion at Fire Island, New York
Photography
Graphic shows animated cliff with external factors that could affect sea cliff erosion.

Factors affecting sea cliff erosion
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Probabilistic assessment of erosion and flooding risk in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Center News
Man sits in front of camera talking, in background is a footpath along a lush grassy area with trees and bushes.

TV News Features USGS Use of Historical Photos to Measure Cliff Erosion in San Francisco

Presentations and Events

The Last Land: How humans changed erosion in Hawaii
National News Release
USGS

FL, GA, SC Beaches Face 80-95 Percent Chance of Erosion from Hurricane Matthew

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A linear relationship between wave power and erosion determines salt-marsh resilience to violent storms and hurricanes

Center News
Sunset along a rocky coastline with a person riding a jet ski in the water.

Local Research with Global Effects: Coastal Scientists Study El Niño in Northern California

Center News
A person stands on tundra at the edge of a cliff that has gigantic chunks of eroded blocks tumbled down onto the beach.

An Inside Look at Eroding Coastal Bluffs on Alaska’s North Slope

Photography
a person standing on a bluff overlooking the ocean

A USGS researcher gathers elevation data from an eroding coastal bluff in Arctic Alaska
Photography
Screenshot of Total Water Level and Coastal-Change Forecast Viewer on June 4, 2016

Screenshot of Total Water Level and Coastal-Change Forecast Viewer

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Coastal bathymetry data collected in June 2014 from Fire Island, New York—The wilderness breach and shoreface

State News Release
House partly collapsed after flooding in Mantoloking, NJ.

Location Matters: Sandy’s Tides Hit Some Parts of the New Jersey Coast Harder Than Others

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Decoupling processes and scales of shoreline morphodynamics

Center News
Map of Long Beach, colored where flooding could occur during an intense El Niño storm.

Preparing for El Niño Using Climate Change Forecasts

National News Release
As US models predicted Hurricane Joaquin washed out a road at Kitty Hawk, NC in 2015.

This hurricane season, scientists bring wave action into the picture

Photography
Three scientists stand in the water near a grassy marsh shoreline

Installing a water level gauge and camera in Grand Bay, Mississippi
Photography
Large waves breaking on cliffs in Santa Cruz, California; vegetation in the foreground and sea blends into sky in background

Large waves breaking on cliffs in Santa Cruz, California, 02/13/2016
Photography
Before and after pictures - Hurricane Rita and Holly Beach, Louisiana, USA

Before and after pictures - Hurricane Rita and Holly Beach, Louisiana
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Ground-penetrating radar and differential global positioning system data collected from Long Beach Island, New Jersey, April 2015

Photography
Image shows 35 year old seismic and sampling data being flattened out on a tabletop.

35 year old seismic and sampling data from the Gulf of Maine
Center News
Two photographs showing the same beach location before and after a hurricane, the after photo shows beach and sand erosion.

Sound Waves Newsletter - October-December 2016

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Hurricane Sandy washover deposits on southern Long Beach Island, New Jersey

Photography
A pavilion on a beach at the edge of an eroded dune is partially covered by sand after a winter storm

A pavilion on Fire Island, NY after storm damage
Photography
Woods Hole drone pilot

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) pilot
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