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East Coast USGS Coastal Change Hazards Workshop

East Coast USGS Coastal Change Hazards Workshop

The East Coast USGS Coastal Change Hazards Workshop was held at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in East Falmouth, MA, on Wednesday...

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SPCMSC Scientist Gives Invited Talk at Marine Natural Products Gordon Research Conference

SPCMSC Scientist Gives Invited Talk at Marine Natural Products Gordon Research Conference

Dr. Christina Kellogg will give an invited talk titled "Deep-Sea Coral Microbiomes as a Source for Novel Natural Products" at the 2020 Marine Natural...

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Sediment trap in Gulf of Mexico recovered one last time, marking the culmination of a 12-year time series

Sediment trap in Gulf of Mexico recovered one last time, marking the culmination of a 12-year time series

Julie Richey, Caitlin Reynolds, and colleagues retrieved a sediment trap from the northern Gulf of Mexico during a 3-day cruise (February 7–9, 2020)...

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Protocols for improving sea-level reconstructions in the western Atlantic

Protocols for improving sea-level reconstructions in the western Atlantic

Anastasios Stathakopoulos (Oceanographer) and Lauren Toth (Research Oceanographer) published a new article titled “A revised Holocene coral sea-level...

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Tools Roundtable Session at the Social Coast Forum 2020

Tools Roundtable Session at the Social Coast Forum 2020

Kara Doran and Heather Schreppel will be participating in the Tools and Job Aid Roundtable session at the Social Coast Forum, February 4–7, in...

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SPCMSC Scientist gives invited plenary talk at University of South Florida College of Marine Science Graduate Student Symposium

SPCMSC Scientist gives invited plenary talk at University of South Florida College of Marine Science Graduate Student Symposium

SPCMSC Research Microbiologist Christina Kellogg will describe her scientific journey from obtaining a PhD from the USF College of Marine Science...

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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP) Lidar Coordinator/National Geospatial Program (NGP) Associate National Map Liaison hosts the first Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping Meeting of 2020

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP) Lidar Coordinator/National Geospatial Program (NGP) Associate National Map Liaison hosts the first Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping Meeting of 2020

Xan Fredericks, Lidar Coordinator for the CMHRP and Associate National Map Liaison to Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands for the NGP...

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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP) Lidar Coordinator/National Geospatial Program (NGP) Associate National Map Liaison attending Florida Geographic Information Office and Florida GIS Managers Quarterly Meetings

Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program (CMHRP) Lidar Coordinator/National Geospatial Program (NGP) Associate National Map Liaison attending Florida Geographic Information Office and Florida GIS Managers Quarterly Meetings

Xan Fredericks, Lidar Coordinator for the CMHRP and Associate National Map Liaison to Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands for the NGP, is...

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SPCMSC research scientist sailed on the JOIDES Resolution to investigate microbiology and geochemistry of trans-Pacific aerosols

SPCMSC research scientist sailed on the JOIDES Resolution to investigate microbiology and geochemistry of trans-Pacific aerosols

Dr. Dale Griffin (Environmental and Public Health Microbiologist, SPCMSC) recently participated on the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)...

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USGS oceanographer featured in a comic about corals and marine protected areas

USGS oceanographer featured in a comic about corals and marine protected areas

USGS researcher Lauren Toth was recently featured in an informative cartoon about the stressors imposed on corals even within marine protected areas...

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SPCMSC scientist leads interagency search for mangrove-coral refugia

SPCMSC scientist leads interagency search for mangrove-coral refugia

USGS-SPCMSC and FWC researchers collaborate on research in the lower Florida Keys to search for areas where coral colonies are growing on mangrove...

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New publication uses ensemble models to help prioritize piping plover habitats

New publication uses ensemble models to help prioritize piping plover habitats

USGS scientist Sara Zeigler partnered with Rutgers University researcher Brooke Maslo on a new publication released in Conservation Science and...

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