Sound Waves Newsletter - March 2018
Dredging Up Clues to the Geologic History and Mineral Resources of the Rio Grande Rise, Southwest Atlantic Ocean
USGS scientists focused on finding iron-manganese crusts, whose chemistry reveals how the ocean has changed throughout millennia. The crusts also contain valuable elements like cobalt, molybdenum, and the very rare metals tellurium and platinum, which make them of economic interest.
Fulbright Scholar Joins Coral Reef Project at Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Andrew Pomeroy is a coastal oceanographer and engineer from the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre in Perth, where he has a joint appointment with the University of Western Australia and the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Regional Acidification Trends in Florida Shellfish Estuaries
Florida provides a unique opportunity to evaluate changes in ocean acidification as related to geochemistry within estuaries at a regional scale, which includes two climatic zones: sub-tropical and tropical.
Polluted Groundwater Threatens Hawaiian Coral Reefs
Recent Coastal and Marine Fieldwork - March 2018
USGS scientists visited more than 10 coastal and offshore locations studying California wildfire contaminated river sediments, the offshore part of the Montecito debris flow, seafloor mining sediment plumes, and much more. We also had several expeditions cancelled by severe storms in the Northeast. Here’s a quick overview of some fieldwork by our researchers.
Recent Publications - March 2018
List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.