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Monitoring Change at the Lower Darby Creek Superfund Site

A Collaborative Effort Between USGS, EPA, FAA, and FWS

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Habitat Preferences of Seabeach Amaranth, A Threatened Beach Dependent Plant Species

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First CONUS-wide Coastal Wetland Collection

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Sound Waves

USGS Coastal and Marine Research News

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Monitoring the Storm: USGS Coastal Response to Hurricane Lee

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Learn How Wetlands Can Naturally Help with Climate Change Impacts

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Frozen Heat—New International Report on Methane Hydrates, their Role in Nature, and their Potential as an Energy Resource

Frozen Heat—New International Report on Methane Hydrates, their Role in Nature, and their Potential as an Energy Resource

The Gas Hydrates Project at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) contributed to a 4-year international effort by multiple partners, including the United...

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Tribal GIS Training in the Northeast U.S.

Tribal GIS Training in the Northeast U.S.

Groups outside the formal scientific community can benefit from learning to use and adapt GIS techniques employed by the USGS.

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Five New USGS Oceanographic Datasets Published Online—Uses Include Assessing Coastal Resilience to Storms

Five New USGS Oceanographic Datasets Published Online—Uses Include Assessing Coastal Resilience to Storms

Oceanographic data from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) experiments off Fire Island, New York; in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey; in the Rachel Carson...

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Dive In! Explore Thousands of Coastal and Seafloor Images along U.S. Coasts

Dive In! Explore Thousands of Coastal and Seafloor Images along U.S. Coasts

Thousands of photographs and videos of the seafloor and coastline—most areas never seen before—are now easily accessible online.

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“Native Youth in Science–Preserving Our Homelands” Completes Year Two

“Native Youth in Science–Preserving Our Homelands” Completes Year Two

For the second consecutive year, sixth-through-eighth graders from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe enjoyed a summer science and Wampanoag cultural program...

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Exploring Undersea Terrain Off the Northern U.S. Atlantic Coast Via Telepresence-Enabled Research Cruise

Exploring Undersea Terrain Off the Northern U.S. Atlantic Coast Via Telepresence-Enabled Research Cruise

In summer 2013, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists worked with colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and...

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The “Jetyak”—Autonomous Kayak Performs Shallow-Water Surveys

The “Jetyak”—Autonomous Kayak Performs Shallow-Water Surveys

The jetyak is a relatively inexpensive vehicle that can execute various scientific missions in coastal waters.

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Coastal and Marine Geology Program Contributes to “Feds Feed Families” Campaign

Coastal and Marine Geology Program Contributes to “Feds Feed Families” Campaign

This initiative runs each summer and challenges Federal employees to collect nonperishable and nutritious food, which is then donated to community...

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USGS Hosts the 2013 Meeting of the Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Group

USGS Hosts the 2013 Meeting of the Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Group

The Curators of Marine and Lacustrine Geological Samples Group is a community formed out of the need to develop common preservation standards...

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