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Database of topo-bathy cross-shore profiles and characteristics for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico sandy coastlines

Podcasts
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 120 – Mapping the California Coastline showing guest Sean Vitousek on a watercraft

Eyes on Earth Episode 120 – Mapping the California Coastline

Center News
Graphic greyscale map of the eastern US coast with colored lines showing study sites

SPCMSC scientists publish a database of lidar derived topo-bathy cross-shore profiles and characteristics for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico sandy coastlines

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Distribution of non-breeding great lakes piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) along Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines: Ten years of band sightings

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Elevation-based probabilistic mapping of irregularly flooded wetlands along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast

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Gulf Coast vulnerability assessment: Mangrove, tidal emergent marsh, barrier islands and oyster reef

Photography
Eroded dunes topped with palmetto shrubs on a beach at dusk

Hurricane Ian eroded Florida dunes

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Eroded dunes topped with palmetto shrubs on a beach at dusk

Hurricane Ian eroded Florida dunes

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Eroded dunes topped with palmetto shrubs on a beach at dusk

Hurricane Ian eroded Florida dunes

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Mapping the onset and progression of marsh dieback

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Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and unknowns

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The Gulf Coast Vulnerability Assessment: Mangrove, Tidal Emergent Marsh, Barrier Islands, and Oyster Reef

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Total Water Level Forecast for Madeira Beach, FL pre Hurricane Irma

Total Water Level Forecast for Madeira Beach, FL, pre Hurricane Irma

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Ocean waves crash against a shallow beach near a dune reinforced by rocks and a stairway that has collapsed into the sea

Waves from Hurricane Ian eroded dunes in Florida

Featured Films and Shorts
Three scientists in hats and life vests on a boat driving by a fort on the edge of a tropical island

Puerto Rico Coastal Hazards

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Trends in oyster populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico: An assessment of river discharge and fishing effects over time and space

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Trends in Nutrients and Pesticides in the Nation's Rivers

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Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Information Program: Gulf of Mexico index (January 1978 - November 1980)

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A coastal road lined with homes and vegetated dunes is covered by sand

Hurricane Ian overwashed roads

Presentations and Events
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2023 Event Recording: Explore USGS Careers in Florida and the Caribbean - Overview Session

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Numerical simulation of a low-lying barrier island's morphological response to Hurricane Katrina

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Sea-level Rise Modeling Handbook for Managers/Scientists

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Standardized guide to the examination and necropsy of the horseshoe crab using Limulus polyphemus as Limulidae prototype

Data Release
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Sedimentary Data from the Coastal Marshes Fringing the Lower Waccasassa River, Northwest Florida

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Spatial distribution of loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) emergences along a highly dynamic beach in the northern Gulf of Mexico

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Coastal and Marine Geology Video and Photograph Portal

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Salt marsh dieback in coastal Louisiana: Survey of plant and soil conditions in Barataria and Terrebonne basins, June 2000-September 2001

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

Beach Slopes of Florida: Bradenton Beach to Clearwater Beach

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A method for determining average beach slope and beach slope variability for U.S. sandy coastlines

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Petroleum hydrocarbons in sediment from the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline, Texas to Florida

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