Images

Map showing location of Milbanke Sound and offshore study site at McGregor Cone, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Diagram of glaciation and glaciovolcanism at Milbanke Sound, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Aerial view of Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing coastal mountains along the Queen Charlotte Fault zone.

Subsidence area exposure for counties on the US east coast. A) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < 0 mm per year. B) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −1 mm per year. C) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −2 mm per year. D) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −3 mm per year.

Animated GIF showing waves breaking over a coral reef from above, illustrating how reefs act as natural breakwaters that dissipate wave energy.

Slope map of the Kaweah and Kings River drainage basins in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, from the study Impacts of spontaneous waterfall development on bedrock river longitudinal profile morphology.

(A) Cryosphere coverage and decadal hydroclimatic change rates in the glacial basin (Xiehela at Tien Shan), nival basin (Qiaqiga at Tien Shan), pluvial basin (Yingluoxia at Qilian Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau), and mixed-regime basin (Qiemo at Kunlun Mountain, north Tibetan Plateau).

Staff profile photo of Maria Figueroa Matias, Chemical Oceanographer at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Winter sunset in Santa Cruz, California, near the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Cover of Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center General Information Product, released on December 1, 2023.

Hydrothermal chimneys at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Collecting rock samples from the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, during the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Tubeworms found at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping, in October-November 2023.

NCA5 contributors from PCMSC (from left to right: Eric Grossman, Li Erikson, Patrick Barnard, Amy East, and

Animated GIF showing a comparison between low-quality and high-resolution seafloor mapping of a deep-sea canyon system.

Animated GIF of a ship using multibeam sonar to map the seafloor, adapted from video provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration.

Compressed high-intensity radar pulse (chirp) profile HFC-9 located south of the Cross-Hosgri slope (CHS). Profile crosses the midshelf region and images the extensive transgressive surface of erosion unconformity (blue) also seen below the CHS. The seafloor is delineated in red.

Cover image for Aquatic Remote Sensing Video 1 - Introduction.

This video tutorial is designed to serve as a jumping-off point to learn more about the field of Aquatic Remote Sensing. It includes a basic overview of what Aquatic Remote Sensing is, how remote sensing data are used, and basic aquatic optics. 

Cover image for Aquatic Remote Sensing Video 2 - Remote Sensing Data.

This video tutorial is designed to serve as a jumping-off point to learn more about the field of Aquatic Remote Sensing. It includes a basic overview of what Aquatic Remote Sensing is, how remote sensing data are used, and basic aquatic optics. 

Cover image for Aquatic Remote Sensing Video 3 - Aquatic Optics.



This video tutorial is designed to serve as a jumping-off point to learn more about the field of Aquatic Remote Sensing. It includes a basic overview of what Aquatic Remote Sensing is, how remote sensing data are used, and basic aquatic optics. 

Cover image for Aquatic Remote Sensing Video 4 - Image Processing.

This video tutorial is designed to serve as a jumping-off point to learn more about the field of Aquatic Remote Sensing. It includes a basic overview of what Aquatic Remote Sensing is, how remote sensing data are used, and basic aquatic optics.