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California Seafloor Mapping Reveals Hidden Treasures

California Seafloor Mapping Reveals Hidden Treasures

Three new products in an ongoing series were released on August 9, 2013, by the USGS—a map set for the area offshore of Carpinteria (about 120...

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Tsunami on the Delaware River? Study of Historical Quake and Early East Coast Seismicity

Tsunami on the Delaware River? Study of Historical Quake and Early East Coast Seismicity

A newly published paper concludes that a modest (1 foot) tsunami-like event on the East Coast was generated in the early 19th century by a large...

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Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, was unprecedented in the modern history of Japan, according to scientists at the U.S...

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Surprises from the Deadly September 29, 2009, Samoa Tsunami

Surprises from the Deadly September 29, 2009, Samoa Tsunami

The Samoa tsunami of September 29, 2009, was the fifth tsunami studied by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field teams in 15 years, and yet it presented...

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Erosion Doubles Along Part of Alaska's Arctic Coast, Cultural and Historical Sites Lost

Erosion Doubles Along Part of Alaska's Arctic Coast, Cultural and Historical Sites Lost

The rate of coastal erosion more than doubled in Alaska—to as much as 45 feet per year—within the 52-year period between 1955 and 2007 along a 37-mile...

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North to Alaska—an Aerial Shoreline Reconnaissance

North to Alaska—an Aerial Shoreline Reconnaissance

USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center geologists Bruce Richmond and Ann Gibbs flew hundreds of kilometers along Alaska's Arctic Ocean coast...

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New USGS Fact Sheet About Landslides Delivering Slope Material to Nearshore Waters on California's Big Sur Coast

New USGS Fact Sheet About Landslides Delivering Slope Material to Nearshore Waters on California's Big Sur Coast

Landslides are common along the rugged Big Sur coast in central California

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Eelgrass in Puget Sound—A New Study of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Zostera marina

Eelgrass in Puget Sound—A New Study of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Zostera marina

Meadows of eelgrass (Zostera marina) provide essential habitat to a wide range of fish and wildlife in the nearshore parts of Puget Sound, Washington...

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Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System

Tracking Changes in Yellowstone's Restless Volcanic System

Satellite-based surveying techniques (InSAR) allow scientists to view changes to the ground surface at Yellowstone. For more information see the...

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Focus on Estuaries and Coastal Wetlands

Focus on Estuaries and Coastal Wetlands

Estuaries and wetlands provide a critical defense against storms and sea-level rise while providing economically valuable services. How well they...

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