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Bank erosion of navigation canals in the western and central Gulf of Mexico

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Thermal erosion of a permafrost coastline: Improving process-based models using time-lapse photography

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Two-dimensional time dependent hurricane overwash and erosion modeling at Santa Rosa Island

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Accelerating elevation gain indicates land loss associated with erosion in Mississippi River Deltaic Plain tidal wetlands

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Two divers float near coral reef with measuring tools to survey marine life

Keys to Collaboration - Research Teams Work Together to Study Reef Erosion in the Florida Keys

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Sea level driven marsh expansion in a coupled model of marsh erosion and migration

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

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Changes in erosion and flooding risk due to long-term and cyclic oceanographic trends

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Hurricane Isaias coastal change forecast map 8.1.2020

Hurricane Isaias Unlikely to Cause Widespread Atlantic Beach Erosion
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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

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quadcopter (drone) and camera ready for launch

Quadcopter's photos can be used to measure dune erosion
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Erosion and accretion along the arctic coast of Alaska. The influence of ice and climate

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A woman stands beside a green table pointing to a strip of raised sand with tiny models of buildings on it

Dr. Legna Torres-García conducts an erosion model activity
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Recent subsidence and erosion at diverse wetland sites in the southeastern Mississippi Delta Plain

Presentations and Events

The Last Land: How humans changed erosion in Hawaii
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Animation shows tides washing away brown mud from the shoreline and eroding green marshgrass. A graph follows the tide.

Marsh lateral shoreline erosion and shore-proximal sediment deposition
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Oyster shells on the beach amongst dead tree roots and stumps

Native American shell middens along many coastlines are vulnerable to shoreline erosion

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Three illustrations to show location of a study site, each labeled with distinctive areas, where there are high coastal cliffs.

USGS geologist discusses erosion at Fort Funston for ABC7 News segment on landslide fatality

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Collage of USGS Maps.

Map showing coastal erosion, sediment supply, and longshore transport in the Port Townsend 30- by 60-minute quadrangle, Puget Sound Region, Washington

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A thick metal pin covered in brown growth extends from the top of an eroded coral base

Reef erosion demonstrated by concrete and stainless-steel marker 
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Large-scale cycles of Holocene deposition and erosion at the entrance to Willapa Bay, Washington: Implications for future land loss and coastal change

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Quantitative remote sensing study indicates doubling of coastal erosion rate in past 50 yr along a segment of the Arctic coast of Alaska

Science Theme
The CMHRP has been conducting scientific investigations at Fire Island in order to protect coastal infrastructure

Coastal Change Hazards
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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Experimental Data on Construction and Erosion of Orbicella Coral Reefs in the Florida Keys, U.S.A.

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A series of images show the height of the ground and how it changes over 17 days.

Mud Creek landslide "pyramid rock" profile and shoreface erosion
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Variability in shelf sedimentation in response to fluvial sediment supply and coastal erosion over the past 1,000 years in Monterey Bay, CA, United States

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Native American shell midden is exposed to erosion from sea level rise and storms

Native American shell midden is exposed to erosion from sea level rise and storms
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Time-lapse video of bluff erosion on Barter Island, Alaska
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Spatial and temporal assessment of back-barrier erosion on Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, 2011–2013

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An application of LIDAR to analyses of El Nino erosion in the Netarts littoral cell, Oregon

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