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Healthy coral reef with corals and fishes in Rincon, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Natural Hazards: Coastal | Peligros naturales de Puerto Rico: Costas

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Aerial photograph looking from an airplane down on the Big Sur Landslide in California.

Hazards
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Waves break between houses in Sandwich, MA

Hazards
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National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Southeast Atlantic Coast

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National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Mid-Atlantic Coast

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Volcano Watch — Death Happens: Respect coastal entry hazards and stay alive

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Coastal change hazards during extreme storm investigated with airborne topographic lidar

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Screen shot of a webpage showing Hurricane Ian approaching the southwest Florida coast. Red-to-white strips show impact areas

Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows Hurricane Ian approaching southwest Florida
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Students gather around an outdoor picnic table holding a scientific display. A woman speaks and holds a poster.

Kara Doran describes USGS coastal change hazards forecasts to students
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Coral reef restorations can be optimized to reduce coastal flooding hazards

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19-11. Connecting coastal change hazards to societally important risk assessments

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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Decadal Science Strategy: a diver swims beside corals, looking at the camera

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Decadal Science Strategy Published

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The USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows a screenshot of Hurricane Sally approaching the northern U.S. Gulf Coast

Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows Hurricane Sally near Gulf Coast
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National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards: Northeast Atlantic Coast

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National assessment of hurricane-induced coastal erosion hazards--Gulf of Mexico

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Screen shot of a webpage showing Hurricane Ian approaching the South Carolina coast. Red-to-white strips show impact areas

Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows Hurricane Ian approaching South Carolina
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We are the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
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The USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows a screenshot of Hurricane Sally approaching the northern U.S. Gulf Coast

Coastal Change Hazards Portal shows Hurricane Sally near Gulf Coast
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Screenshot of the Coastal Change Hazards Portal with probability bands and example photographs for Hurricane Dorian

Screenshot of the Coastal Change Hazards Portal with probability bands
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Honorees pose with their awards at the 77th DOI Honor Awards Convocation

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Scientists Presented with Distinguished Service Awards

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Coast Train: Massive Library of Labeled Coastal Images to Train Machine Learning for Coastal Hazards and Resources

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

Community Exposure to Future Coastal Hazards for U.S. Washington, reference year 2020

Center News
A scientists stands to the side of a screen with a yellow and red image projected on it

Raising Awareness in the Classroom about Natural Hazards Facing U.S. Coastal Communities

National News Release
A highway guardrail's posts hang exposed over a tall, eroded, dropoff to the ocean water.

El Niño and La Niña will Exacerbate Coastal Hazards Across Entire Pacific

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Comments on potential geologic and seismic hazards affecting coastal Ventura County, California

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Photograph of USGS and University of KwaZulu-Natal personnel in front of a shark sign on the Lower/Outer Cape, Massachusetts

Cape Cod hazards
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Characterizing storm-induced coastal change hazards along the United States West Coast

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

Community Exposure in U.S. Guam to Future Coastal Flooding Hazards, reference year 2020

Center News
Mount Baker and Bellingham, Washington on Bellingham Bay....

Cutting-Edge Storm Modeling System Forecasts Future Coastal Hazards in the Salish Sea

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Increasing threat of coastal groundwater hazards from sea-level rise in California

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