Images

Nooksack River watershed area map, from the study Compound flood model for the lower Nooksack River and delta, western Washington—Assessment of vulnerability and nature-based adaptation opportunities to mitigate higher se

Aerial image of Lower Nooksack River flooding its banks in 2009, from the study Compound flood model for the lower Nooksack River and delta, western Washington—Assessment of vulnerability and nature-based adaptation oppor

National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) composite images showing water depth after 1.6 feet (ft) (0.5 meter [m]) and 3.3 feet (1.0 m) of sea-level rise (SLR) for 50 percent, 10 percent, and 4 percent annual exceedance probability (AEP) stream floods, which are expected in coming decades and which will increasingly affect groundwater, drainage issues, and freque

Cover image for video "Climate Research and Development Program – Ariana Sutton-Grier".

Cover image for video "Climate Research and Development Program – Day in the Life of Climate R & D".

Bathymetry, elevation change, and mean surface sediment grain size of the Elwha River delta in 2012, 2016, and 2022.

Rainbow sea star (Orthasterias koehleri) and urchins seen during Elwha River delta nearshore surveys.

Photo of yellow sea stars surrounded by orange and pink anemones taken during the Seascape Alaska 5: Gulf of Alaska Remotely Operated Vehicle Exploration and Mapping expedition.

Staff from PCMSC pose in front of Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands, during the Hydrothermal Vents of the Western Galapágos expedition.

Aboard the Hawaiian Drowned Reefs Expedition, Nancy Prouty examines a coral core collected from a drowned reef terrace.

Science team of the Hawaiian Drowned Reefs Expedition in front of the MMA Valour.

USGS staff hold a sediment core collected during the Bering Land Bridge Expedition in August 2023.

Figure showing photos of minor and major postfire hydrologic response following storms in coastal California, from the study "Postfire hydrologic response along the Central California (USA) coast: insights for the emergency assessment of postfire debris-flow hazards".

Scientists aboard the R/V Sikuliaq collecting sediment cores on the Bering Land Bridge Expedition.

Animated GIF of a cobbled streambed along the Elwha River in Washington State, from The Elwha River: Landscapes of Recovery Geonarrative 

Shoreline modeling predictions for ∼1,760 km of coastline in California produced by the current CoSMoS-COAST model, from the study A Model Integrating Satellite-Derived Shoreline Observations for Predicting Fine-Scale Shoreline Response to Waves and Sea-Level Rise Across

Cover image for the The Elwha River: Landscapes of Recovery Geonarrative, published by the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Staff Profile photo of Peter W Swarzenksi, USGS Research Oceanographer at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center.

Bathymetric map showing seafloor character off the coast of Santa Cruz, CA, from the California State Waters Map Series - Offshore of Santa Cruz, California.

Aerial image of surfers at sunset in Santa Cruz, for the video "Science of Surfing" with USGS Research Geologist Jon Warrick.

Animated GIF of a timelapse depicting a coastal sunset along a cliff-backed sandy shoreline in California. Beachwalkers traverse the beach and a few partially submerged rocks are visible offshore.