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Two coastal observing video cameras are installed atop a utility pole near the northernmost point of land in the United States, at Nuvuk (Point Barrow), Alaska. The cameras point northwest toward the Arctic Ocean and the boundary between the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.

As part of the Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems (EXPRESS) 2022 expedition, a researcher aboard NOAA's R/V Bell M. Shimada prepares to deploy a conductivity, temperature, and depth (CTD) sensor array.

As part of the Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems (EXPRESS) 2022 expedition, researchers aboard NOAA's R/V Bell M. Shimada prepare to deploy an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).

USGS Research Geologist Curt Storlazzi from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center was presented with the USCRTF Scientific Achievement Award by Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary Carmen G. Cantor.

Fault Map of the Salton Sea Area, from the publication "Seismostratigraphic analysis of Lake Cahuilla sedimentation cycles and fault displacement history beneath the Salton Sea, California, USA"

An animated GIF of a coral reef in American Samoa, showing colorful reef fish darting in and out of the coral

During the Escanaba Trough expedition, the ROV Jason encountered many inactive sulfide mounds, which were often covered in sponges, brittle stars and other organisms.

In active hydrothermal systems, hot hydrothermal fluid vents to cold seawater and supports communities of organisms that turn hydrothermal chemicals into energy. Here, tubeworms colonize an active hydrothermal vent at Escanaba Trough.

A research points to a screen displaying a bathymetric map of Escanaba Trough, using data from the submersible robot Sentry

The autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry being deployed from the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson during the 2022 Escanaba Trough Expedition.

The remote-operated vehicle Jason is retrieved after a dive during the Escanaba Trough expedition.

An animated GIF showing the difference in seafloor mapping resolution from satellite and multibeam sonar data.

A look at the control room of the remote-operated vehicle Jason during one of its dives on the Escanaba Trough expedition.

During the 2022 Escanaba Trough expedition, the ROV Jason from Wood Holes Oceanographic Institution dove to hydrothermal mounds more than 3,000 meters beneath the ocean surface. Among the diverse organisms found at these sites was a pale lavender deep-sea octopus.

SEA-KIT USV Maxlimer returning from the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai caldera in Tonga. Photo courtesy of SEA-KIT International.

Researchers watch the sun rising over the island of Ofu, American Samoa, during fieldwork in July 2022.

Cover image for "Reducing Flood Risks by Restoring Coral Reefs - Spanish" video

The R/V Sallenger tows the structure-from-motion quantitative underwater imaging device with 5 cameras (SQUID-5) across the water over Looe Key Reef in the Florida Keys.

Cover image for video featuring Curt Storlazzi, USGS titled, "Coral Reefs as National, Natural Infrastructure"

The former Mills reservoir restoration area on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park, WA. This photo taken from the Glines overlook shows the revegetation that has occurred at the former reservoir post-dam removal.

Illustration of NOAA research vessel conducting multibeam sonar survey of seafloor, courtesy of EXPRESS, or Expanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems.