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Cover image for video featuring Curt Storlazzi, USGS titled, "Coral Reefs as National, Natural Infrastructure"

A map showing the epicenter of the M 3.5 quake that occurred 3.7 miles (6 km) east of Elgin, South Carolina on June 29, 2022. The quake is part of an ongoing sequence in central South Carolina. The sequence started on December 27, 2021, with an M3.3 earthquake near Lugoff, South Carolina.

Image showing NOAA research vessel with logos of NOAA, BOEM, USGS and MBARI. EXPRESS is a multi-year, multi-institution cooperative research campaign in deep sea areas of California, Oregon, and Washington, including the continental shelf and slope.

Illustration of NOAA research vessel conducting multibeam sonar survey of seafloor, courtesy of EXPRESS, or Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems.

Restored staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) at Looe Key reef in the lower Florida Keys outplanted by Mote Marine Laboratory's coral restoration program.

Alex Hatem observes surface deformation from the 2020 Monte Cristo, Nevada, earthquake eroding away, June, 2022.

Our coasts, the most familiar part of the ocean are the gateway to the larger deeper ocean world. USGS studies processes and hazards in the coastal zone and how they affect people, wildlife, and ecosystems.

In June 2022, Mendenhall Fellow Sabine Loos (Research Civil Engineer in the Geological Hazards Science Center) presented a seminar to USGS's Earthquake Science Center at Moffett Field, CA, where Max Schneider (Research Statistician) works as a Mendenhall Fellow.

Rich Briggs and Alex Hatem make geologic observations within Nevada’s Monte Cristo Range, June, 2022.

Researchers from the USGS, NASA, and NAU gather around a small simple esker and ephemeral lake deposits.  The team used sedimentology, geochemistry, and remote sensing to characterize these features on Earth before comparing them to Mars.

The USGS Coastal Change Hazards Portal contains an interactive map of historical shoreline positions and shoreline change rates for Puerto Rico.  

Trayectorias de los huracanes Hugo (1989), Georges (1998), Irma (2017) y María (2017). Datos provistos por la NOAA. La imagen de base es propiedad intelectual de Esri y se usa aquí bajo licencia. Los derechos de autor y reproducción son propiedad de Esri y sus licenciatarios. 

Noa Randall and Rachel Allen are installing an optical turbidity sensor on the mudflats in Wellfleet harbor, to pair with the altimeter run by the Center for Coastal Studies.  The Herring River, which drains into Wellfleet Harbor, is slated to have its 100-yo dam removed in the next 6 months, with the potential to dramatically increase the sediment load and sus

The USGS National Water Dashboard provides real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, water quality and groundwater station in context with current weather and hazard conditions.

The USGS Latest Earthquakes Map provides is an interactive tool that provides detailed information about the latest earthquakes worldwide.

The USGS Puerto Rico Landslide Susceptibility Map provides an interactive tool to assess landslide risk in Puerto Rico from low susceptibility to extremely high.

In collaboration with the National Park Service, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the Vesta Corporation, the Environmental Geosciences group researched a new approach to climate change mitigation. The team led an experiment at the Herring River site as a first examination.

Completed landslide monitoring station at Adjuntas, Puerto Rico among the palms.

Completed landslide monitoring station at Adjuntas, Puerto Rico among the palms. One of the sites in the Puerto Rico Landslide Monitoring Network.

Kelli Baxstrom wires sensors to a datalogger after sensors are installed underground at the Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, landslide monitoring site, part of the Puerto Rico Landslide Monitoring Network.

Locations of Puerto Rico’s North Coast Aqueduct interconnections and water transferred, in million gallons per day (Mgal/d) in 2015.