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World class scientists working in Southeast Region Science Centers help our partners understand and manage complex issues including competition for limited water resources, coastal hazards, mineral and energy resource extraction, degraded ecosystems, vector-borne diseases, rapidly changing land use, and response to climate change.

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Participants of the November 2018 Fish Slam

Fish Slam November 2018

March 22, 2019

Sound Waves, June 2011

The stories in the June 2011 issue of Sound Waves:

https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2011/06/

International Team Studies Tsunami Deposits in Japan to Improve Understanding and Mitigation of Tsunami Hazards

USGS Scuba

Attribution: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Hurricane Michael Batters Florida Panhandle

Hurricane Michael blew into the Florida Panhandle on October 10, 2018.

Landsat 7 images captured before and after highlight the destructive path of the Category 4 storm.

Mexico Beach was all but demolished, with homes left in heaps by wind and storm surge. The green leaves that pop near the town in the Landsat image from September 14 were stripped from trees

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Attribution: Land Resources, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Florida Everglades

Alligator in Everglades Park, Florida.

Attribution: Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in FL as of 05/28/20

Attribution: Core Science Systems, Science Support, National Geospatial Program

Pithlachascotee River near Fivay Junction (02310280)

Live Watercam video at Pithlachascotee River near Fivay Junction (02310280)

Note: This is not a live image. Please click the webcam button to view the live webcam.

Attribution: Water Resources, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center

March 22, 2019

Sound Waves, April - May 2011

The stories in the April - May 2011 issue of Sound Waves:

https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2011/04/

Connecting Marshes to the Sea—Sediment in the Shallows of San Francisco Bay

Birders Urged to Help Track the California

Attribution: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Faka Union Canal Weir #1, Collier County, Florida

The Faka Union Canal Weir #1 (Collier County, Florida) helps create a downstream hydrological haven for manatees. During the cold winter months, the right flow conditions can maintain a salinity gradient known as a halocline that traps warm water near the bottom of the residential canals at Port of the Islands.

Attribution: Ecosystems, Region 2: South Atlantic-Gulf (Includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

TNMCorps Mapping Challenge: City/Town Halls in FL as of 06/04/20

Attribution: Core Science Systems, Science Support, National Geospatial Program

March 22, 2019

Sound Waves, March 2011

The stories in the March 2011 issue of Sound Waves:

https://archive.usgs.gov/archive/sites/soundwaves.usgs.gov/2011/03/

Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

Long-Lived, Slow-Growing Corals in Deep Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

Attribution: Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center