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Satellite derived coastlines in western Alaska, collected as part of the USGS Typhoon Merbok Disaster Emergency Recovery Efforts.

Perspective view of horizon mapping and fault attribute detection on two combined three-dimensional (3D) volumes located in the Santa Barbara Channel, offshore southern California. The horizons show various marker beds mapped throughout the volumes, providing insights into the 3D deformation patterns.

Map search display filtered to show recently added three-dimensional (3D) surveys, acquired between 1996 and 1998 within the Gulf of Mexico. These surveys were permitted over 25 years ago and are therefore eligible for public release. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management protraction areas are labeled.

Donya Frank-Gilchrist (SPCMSC) manages the USGS booth at the recent SCDRP annual meeting to share USGS data and tools with community resilience partners and stakeholders.

Map showing location of Milbanke Sound and offshore study site at McGregor Cone, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Diagram of glaciation and glaciovolcanism at Milbanke Sound, from the study "Where ice gave way to fire: deglacial volcanic activity at the edge of the Coast Mountains in Milbanke Sound, BC".

Aerial view of Ucluelet, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, showing coastal mountains along the Queen Charlotte Fault zone.

Subsidence area exposure for counties on the US east coast. A) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < 0 mm per year. B) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −1 mm per year. C) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −2 mm per year. D) Percentage of county’s land area affected by VLM < −3 mm per year.

As sea-level rise accelerates, vegetation transitions are increasingly observed and USGS scientists are busy assessing those changes. Shoreline at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, MA.

Scientists at the USGS are installing sensors in Wellfleet MA, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore to evaluate the long-term and short-term chemical and geomorphic changes within wetlands. 

Scientists at the USGS are installing sensors in Wellfleet MA, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore to evaluate the long-term and short-term chemical and geomorphic changes within wetlands. 

Animated GIF showing waves breaking over a coral reef from above, illustrating how reefs act as natural breakwaters that dissipate wave energy.

Cover of Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center General Information Product, released on December 1, 2023.

Hydrothermal chimneys at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Collecting rock samples from the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, during the expedition Ultra-Fine Scale Seafloor Mapping in October-November 2023.

Tubeworms found at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping, in October-November 2023.

Collecting sediment samples at the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center, from the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping, in October-November 2023.

Hope Ianiri and Maria Figueroa examine a sediment sample from the Eastern Galapágos Spreading Center during the expedition Ultra Fine-Scale Seafloor Mapping.

Animated GIF showing a comparison between low-quality and high-resolution seafloor mapping of a deep-sea canyon system.

Animated GIF of a ship using multibeam sonar to map the seafloor, adapted from video provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration.

Regional map showing the main fault structures that are part of the Pacific–North American plate boundary along central California. The San Gregorio–Hosgri fault