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2 women and one man on the fantail of a research vessel standing next to ocean research equipment

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Survey

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View from atop a building looks down on a sandy beach with a rainbow, palm tree just below view, and buildings in distance.

Isla Verde, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Map of the east US coast and Gulf of Mexico with colored lines along the coast color coded for years in yellow, blue, and red

Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast Expansion, 2020

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

Santa Cruz coastal erosion

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Photograph of Atlantic spotted dolphins

Atlantic Spotted Dolphins

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a green and white research boat on the water towing an object with two yellow pontoons

R/V Sallenger Tows SQUID-5 for 3D Seafloor Mapping

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Four aerial photos of the southern part of Florida labeled with potential decreased risk provided by coral reef restoration.

Potential annual coastal hazard risk decrease: Florida

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Four aerial photos of Puerto Rico labeled with shades of color to show potential decreased risk provided by reef restoration.

Potential annual coastal hazard risk decrease: Puerto Rico

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An aerial view of several thin, sandy barrier islands lining a populated coastline behind an embayment

Aerial view of northern Pinellas County barrier islands

Infographics
Infographic: Studying Seafloor Erosion in the Florida Keys. Images of 3D map of coral reef and floating mapping equipment

Studying Seafloor Erosion in the Florida Keys

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A large, branching, brown/orange elkhorn coral among blue water and a school of fish on a coral reef

Elkhorn Coral in Tres Palmas Marine Reserve, Rincón, Puerto Rico

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A healthy reef with large live reef-building corals is juxtaposed against a degraded reef with dead corals.

Elkhorn Coral

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A renourished dune with protective vegetation planted on the barrier island in Beach Haven, NJ

Beach Haven, NJ

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animation shows a scale tipping between coral carbonate production leading to growth, and bioerosion leading to reef loss

Carbonate Budget Animation

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The house with the USGS BeachCam is in the center of this image, taken Feb. 14, 2017 after a much smaller Noreaster.

Nor'Easter impacts in Sandwich

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Photograph of USGS personnel on a Fire Island, NY sand dune with sand fencing

Fire Island, New York shoreline

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Image: The USGS R/V Muskie

The USGS R/V Muskie

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a large thicket of bright orange branching coral colonies in blue water

Healthy elkhorn coral at Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

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Image: USGS R/V Muskie

USGS R/V Muskie

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Image: USGS Research Vessel Muskie

USGS Research Vessel Muskie

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Image: The USGS R/V Muskie

The USGS R/V Muskie

Illustrations
Illustration of a coral reef to show the components and names of the different sections.

Coral reef block diagram

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a black long-spined sea urchin hides among rocks and corals on the seafloor

Diadema antillarum, the long-spined sea urchin

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A black long-spined sea urchin hides under a rock on the seafloor

Diadema antillarum, the long-spined sea urchin

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a black, spiny sea urchin among some yellow coral and mangrove prop roots

Diadema antillarum, the long-spined sea urchin

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a group of black long-spined sea urchins on a rocky sea floor encrusted with some colorful corals

Group of Diadema antillarum, the long-spined sea urchin

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Image: RV Muskie Commissioning and Christening Ceremony

RV Muskie Commissioning and Christening Ceremony

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Long Island Sound Survey team

Long Island Sound Survey Team

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Image: Congressman Higgins visits the USGS R/V Muskie

Congressman Higgins visits the USGS R/V Muskie

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Image: Sea Lamprey, an Invasive Fish

Sea Lamprey, an Invasive Fish

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