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Photography
Satellite image showing the land mass difference for an island.

Global Fiducials East Timbalier Island, LA
Photography
2 women sitting on ground writing on notepad

Core Sampling - Shinnecock, Long Island, NY
publication
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Late Quaternary fluvial history of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA

Photography
man in orange USGS sweatshirt holding pipe by drill rig

Drilling exploratory wells on Long Island
Project
man kneeling on grass with groundwater equipment

U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Monitoring on Long Island, New York

Photography
Satellite image showing the land mass difference for an island.

Global Fiducials East Timbalier Island, LA
Photography
A melanistic (all dark) Common Murre and on rock cliff. A normal black and white Common Murre to left on cliff.

Melanistic Common Murre on Gull Island
Center News
USGS scientist collects precise elevation data at Fire Island breach

USGS Tracks Evolution of a Fire Island Hurricane-Generated Breach

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Analysis of seafloor change around Dauphin Island, Alabama, 1987–2015

Featured Story
USGS' Owen Brenner wading with GPS backpack

USGS Tracks Evolution of a Fire Island Hurricane-Made Breach

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Land-use change and managed aquifer recharge effects on the hydrogeochemistry of two contrasting atoll island aquifers, Roi-Namur Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands

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

Single-Beam Bathymetry Data Collected in 2015 Nearshore Dauphin Island, Alabama

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

EAARL Coastal Topography-Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia, 2005

Photography
image of the SeaBOSS and USGS personnel on the fantail of the R/V Connecticut on Long Island Sound

SeaBOSS Survey on Long Island Sound
Photography
2 men working with a drill rig

Drill rig on Long Island, NY
map
Collage of USGS Maps.

Lava inundation zone maps for Mauna Loa, Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaii

Photography
Underwater photograph looking across a reef of jagged corals, and looking up at the surface of the water with visible ripples.

Underwater photo of coral reef, Tutuila Island
Research
Genetic diversity is critical to the success of captive breeding programs

Population Genetics and Emergency Management of Two Kauai Island Endangered Species

Center News
January is Volcano Awareness Month on the Island of Hawai‘i ...

Volcano Watch — January is Volcano Awareness Month on the Island of Hawai‘i

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The physical characteristics of the sediments on and surrounding Dauphin Island, Alabama

Center News
aerial map of Long Island, NY

Project Kickoff Meeting for Groundwater Sustainability of the Long Island Aquifer System

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Lessons from the Tōhoku tsunami: A model for island avifauna conservation prioritization

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

Ground-based lidar beach topography of Fire Island, New York, January 2012

Photography

Research occurs at Fire Island environments, pictured
Center News
USGS

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude-4.1 earthquake east of the Island of Hawaiʻi

Center News
USGS

USGS HVO Press Release — Magnitude 4.6 earthquake northwest of the Island of Hawai‘i

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Natural and human-induced variability in barrier-island response to sea level rise

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

Post Hurricane Sandy Beach Profile Survey-Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet 2013

Project
NPS photo of a Black-Crowned Night Heron

Reproductive Success of Black-Crowned Night-Herons and Snowy Egrets on Alcatraz Island

Photography
Annotated aerial photo of crescent shaped island surrounded by open ocean.

Annotated photo of Bogoslof Island showing effects of eruption
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