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USGS Geographer and drone pilot Jen Cramer showing visitors USGS uncrewed aircraft system technology and talking about how drones are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments.

USGS Geographer Jen Cramer showing off our uncrewed aircraft system technology at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over talking about drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Oceanographer Zafer Defne discussing operational ocean and coastal dynamics forecasts at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Geologist Marie Bartlett talking about foraminifera, tiny microfossils that live in marine environments, while a little girl looks at them through the microscope.

A small drone on display at the USGS booth of the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS geographer Jin-Si Over at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll, ready to discuss drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll holding one of our drones.

USGS Geologist Marie Bartlett at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll, ready for visitors to look at foraminifera, microfossils that live in marine environments, through our microscope.

Microscope station at the USGS booth of the Woods Hole Science Stroll, looking at foraminifera, microfossils that live in marine environments.

USGS Geographer Jin-Si Over talking about drones and how they are used to map short- and long-term changes in coastal environments at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

USGS Oceanographer Zafer Defne discussing operational ocean and coastal dynamics forecasts at the Woods Hole Science Stroll.

The Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee booth at the 2024 Woods Hole Science Stroll.

Scenic photo of Domes Beach in Rincon, Puerto Rico. Photo credit: Emily Himmelstoss.

The USGS is assessing the physical condition of coastal wetlands and their response to external forces, using field observations and remote-sensing data. The U.S.

Distinguished Service Award for USGS Research Geophysicist Carolyn Ruppel, presented on May 8, 2024.

The Southeast Region Refuges tab of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative. A FWS and USGS collaboration.

The U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is assessing the physical condition of coastal wetlands and how they may change in response to storms, sea-level rise, and human activity.

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina shown in the pop-out of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative. 

Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina shown in the pop-out of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative.   

The Southeast Region Refuge tab of the U.S. Coastal Wetlands Synthesis Applications geonarrative, showing the application section. This is a FWS and USGS collaboration.