Images

Photographs, CT scans and stereomicroscope images of cores ROV22PC01 (a) and ROV22PC04 (b) illustrating the discrimination between sediments which were accumulated dominantly through mass wasting (a) and sediments accumulated through plume fallout (b).

Title card for the presentation "Informing coral reef conservation and management with geochemical sourcing of land-based sediment and contaminants at Olowalu, a Mission Blue Hope Spot."

Color maps showing output examples of the Simulating Waves Nearshore (SWAN) model and how 1 of the 999 wave conditions was dynamically downscaled to the 200-meter (m) grid scale offshore West Maui, Hawaiʻi. A, The 5-kilometer (km) resolution Hawaiian Chain model. B, The 1-km resolution Maui Nui model embedded in the Hawaiian Chain model.

Animated GIF of a clamshell dredge in operation in San Francisco Bay, California, as part of the Shallow Water Strategic Placement Pilot Project.

Aerial image of Corte Madera marsh in San Francisco Bay, California, a study site for the Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments project.

Staff profile photo of Emily Bristol, USGS Mendenhall Fellow at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Staff profile photo of Mark Lundine, post-doctoral researcher at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Mud Creek slide seen from the air on February 22 2024, as part of USGS remote sensing data to track Big Sur landslides in 2024.

False color CT scan of sediment core from Floras Lake, Oregon, showing a sediment record stretching back 6,700 years.

Staff profile photo of Alicia Jones, Administrative Operations Assistant at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Staff profile photo of Tim Elfers, Marine Operations Manager for the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

USGS Research Vessel William on a trailer, part of the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's Marine Facility (MarFac) fleet.

Photo of USGS Research Vessel Williams at sunrise tied up to a dock with researchers aboard.

Cover image for fish screen video filmed at the Columbia River Research Laboratory.

Cover image for sediment core lab video, showing core-lab walk-in refrigerator at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

USGS Research Oceanographer Li Erikson speaks at a community meeting in Elim, Alaska.

Map showing footprint of high-resolution Lidar and imagery collected in western Alaska as part of Tyhoon Merbok Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Diagram outlining steps toward creating actionable science for Typhoon Merbok Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Animated GIF of Landsat imagery timelapse showing coastal change at Shishmaref and vicinity, Alaska.

Landsat imagery timelapse showing coastal change from 1992-2023 near Stebbins, Alaska.

Figure shows (a) Computational domain and bathymetry of the Salish Sea hydrodynamic model, and (b) Locations of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, red triangles) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, green triangles) water level measurement station.