How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the data to model sea level rise impact for the next 100 years.
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![Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Laumeister Marsh video thumbnail: Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Laumeister Marsh](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/LaumeisterAni.jpg?itok=1DKUa9OD)
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the data to model sea level rise impact for the next 100 years.
![Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Corte Madera Marsh video thumbnail: Sea-level Rise Scenario for San Francisco Bay Estuary - Corte Madera Marsh](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/CorteMadera.jpg?itok=ZGpuBL-u)
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the data to model sea level rise impact for the next 100 years.
How will sea level rise impact coastal ecosystems like salt marshes? Will plant species change and shift available habitat for local wildlife? Or will the marsh be completely inundated? USGS scientists are conducting extensive elevation and habitat surveys along the U.S. Pacific Coast, and using the data to model sea level rise impact for the next 100 years.
![USGS and 2007 California Wildfires: Very Endangered Trout video thumbnail: USGS and 2007 California Wildfires: Very Endangered Trout](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/USGS_and_California_Wildfires_Very_Endangered_Trout.jpg?itok=_mja4dbf)
Adam Backlin, USGS Ecologist, talks about the potential dangers to the aquatic life in the streams around the Santa Ana Mountains as a result of the 2007 California wildfires.
Adam Backlin, USGS Ecologist, talks about the potential dangers to the aquatic life in the streams around the Santa Ana Mountains as a result of the 2007 California wildfires.
![USGS and 2007 California Wildfires: The Big Picture video thumbnail: USGS and 2007 California Wildfires: The Big Picture](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/USGS_and_California_Wildfires_Fire--The_Big_Picture.jpg?itok=EwhcfvTz)
Robert Fisher, USGS Research Biologist talks about the overall impact of fires on the biology of the area.
Robert Fisher, USGS Research Biologist talks about the overall impact of fires on the biology of the area.
![USGS and 2007 California Wildfires: Post-Fire—Invasive Plants](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/USGS_and_California_Wildfires_Post-Fire--Invasive_Plants.jpg?itok=XuoRXYPf)
USGS Biologist, Robert Fisher, talks about the invasive species growing within the areas devastated by the 2007 California wildfires.
USGS Biologist, Robert Fisher, talks about the invasive species growing within the areas devastated by the 2007 California wildfires.