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USGS Researcher awarded 2018 Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship by Australian Academy of Science

USGS Researcher awarded 2018 Rudi Lemberg Travelling Fellowship by Australian Academy of Science

Research microbiologist Christina Kellogg (USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center) was recognized as a prominent international...

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USGS Oceanographer Invited as Keynote Speaker for International Conference

USGS Oceanographer Invited as Keynote Speaker for International Conference

Research Oceanographer Joseph Long of the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will travel to Delft, Netherlands, to be a keynote speaker...

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Before and After: Coastal Change Caused by Hurricane Irma

Before and After: Coastal Change Caused by Hurricane Irma

New high-angle oblique photos of portions of Florida’s beaches taken before and after Hurricane Irma made landfall and swept up the state show the...

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Recent Fieldwork - August-October 2017

Recent Fieldwork - August-October 2017

USGS scientists visited more than 40 coastal and offshore locations in recent months, studying hurricane damage, coastal landslides, methane seeps...

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Eyes on the Coast—Video Cameras Help Forecast Coastal Change

Eyes on the Coast—Video Cameras Help Forecast Coastal Change

Coastal communities count on beaches for recreation and for protection from large waves, but beaches are vulnerable to threats such as erosion by...

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USGS Monitors Huge Landslides on California's Big Sur Coast, Shares Information with California Department of Transportation

USGS Monitors Huge Landslides on California's Big Sur Coast, Shares Information with California Department of Transportation

On May 20, 2017, more than 2 million cubic meters of rock and dirt—enough to fill a line of dump trucks nearly a thousand miles long—collapsed down...

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News Briefs - August-October 2017

News Briefs - August-October 2017

Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS

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Recent Publications - August-October 2017

Recent Publications - August-October 2017

List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

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New Report Synthesizes U.S. Dam-Removal Studies

New Report Synthesizes U.S. Dam-Removal Studies

The rate of dam removal in the U.S. has increased over past decades, motivating a working group at the USGS John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and...

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Switching Hemispheres—Pete Dal Ferro and Melissa Foley Take Jobs in New Zealand

Switching Hemispheres—Pete Dal Ferro and Melissa Foley Take Jobs in New Zealand

It’s a bittersweet feeling losing good employees to other jobs, especially employees so valuable to the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center...

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Exploring Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Source

Exploring Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Source

In the past decade, the development of the Barnett, Eagle Ford, Marcellus, and other shales has dominated the national consciousness regarding natural...

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