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USGS Geologist S. Hecker examines sediments exposed in excavation along the Rodgers Creek fault near Windsor, California.

A building lifted from its foundation by floodwater from Extratropical Typhoon Merbok is trapped under a bridge in Nome, Alaska.

Alex Hatem, Jessie Jobe and Nadine Reitman make observations in a trench across Idaho’s Sawtooth fault, September, 2022.

Alex Hatem oversees trench excavation across the Sawtooth fault near Stanley Idaho, September, 2022.

USGS Research Geologist Curt Storlazzi from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center was presented with the USCRTF Scientific Achievement Award by Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary Carmen G. Cantor.

As part of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), USGS works with several partner agencies to increase our knowledge of how storms impact and shape our coasts.

USGS Geologists B. Philibosian and S. DeLong examine faulted sediment exposed in an uplifted marine terrace near Point Arena, California.

Tres científicos del Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos en equipo de buceo instalando una boya de olas y un sensor de presión a 60 pies de profundad para medir las olas y niveles de agua en Isla Verde, Puerto Rico.

Three U.S. Geological Survey scientists in scuba gear work to install a wave buoy and pressure sensor 60 feet underwater to measure waves and water levels in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. 

A team from the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center went to Puerto Rico to install new Coast Cams to monitor how the beach and shoreline change through time. These cameras will allow the team to make predictions of how the coast will respond during storms and hurricanes.

USGS summer intern, Sierra Rack points to the Gore Range fault during fieldwork near Frisco, Colorado, August, 2022.

USGS summer intern, Sierra Rack with Rich Briggs, Alex Hatem and Camille Collett enjoy views and geology near Mt. Sherman after a day of fieldwork in the Gore Range, Colorado.

USGS studies the growth rates of corals at a network of coral growth assessment stations throughout Buck Island National Monument in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. These data provide resource managers with information needed to understand how coral populations are doing in the park.

Photo of a precariously balanced rock by Noah Lindberg from the northeastern U.S. taken during field work in August, 2022.

Noah Lindberg and Thomas Pratt observe and measure features of a precariously balanced rock in the northeastern U.S.

Dos científicos del Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos instalando un equipo para sondeos de una costa en Dorado, Puerto Rico. Este equipo monitoreará como la playa y la línea costera cambian a través del tiempo. Imagen de USGS. 

Two U.S. Geological Survey scientists set-up equipment to survey a beach in Dorado, Puerto Rico. This equipment will monitor how the beach and shoreline change through time. USGS Image. 

Debris-flow deposits downstream of the 2022 Pipeline Fire burn scar, north of Flagstaff, Arizona.

The R/V Sallenger tows the structure-from-motion quantitative underwater imaging device with 5 cameras (SQUID-5) across the water over Looe Key Reef in the Florida Keys.

Studying Seafloor Erosion in the Florida Keys

The challenge:

Mount Rainier (Washington) volcano hazard zones and estimated lahar (volcanic mudflow) arrival times for the Puyallup and Nisqually River valleys.