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Recent Publications - November-December 2013

Recent Publications - November-December 2013

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

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Travels with Sediment in the San Francisco Bay, Delta, and Coastal System

Travels with Sediment in the San Francisco Bay, Delta, and Coastal System

Special Issue of the scientific journal Marine Geology Focuses on Complex Urbanized Estuary and Coast

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Passing the Torch, Take 2—Barbara Lidz Steps Down as Sound Waves Contributing Editor at USGS Center in St. Petersburg, Florida

Passing the Torch, Take 2—Barbara Lidz Steps Down as Sound Waves Contributing Editor at USGS Center in St. Petersburg, Florida

Theresa Burress, librarian and outreach coordinator at the USGS St. Pete center, will now handle the center’s submissions to the newsletter.

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Unprecedented Rate and Scale of Ocean Acidification Found in the Arctic

Unprecedented Rate and Scale of Ocean Acidification Found in the Arctic

Acidification of the Arctic Ocean is occurring faster than projected, according to new findings published in September 2013 in the journal PLOS ONE

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USGS Research to Support Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Gets Boost from Supplemental Funds

USGS Research to Support Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Gets Boost from Supplemental Funds

More than a year after Hurricane Sandy collided with the East coast on October 29, 2012, the USGS continues to study the changes left behind in the...

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Exploring Undersea Terrain Off the Northern U.S. Atlantic Coast Via Telepresence-Enabled Research Cruise

Exploring Undersea Terrain Off the Northern U.S. Atlantic Coast Via Telepresence-Enabled Research Cruise

In summer 2013, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists worked with colleagues from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and...

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Michael E. Field Honored by U.S. Coral Reef Task Force

Michael E. Field Honored by U.S. Coral Reef Task Force

Michael E. Field is the recipient of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) 2013 Outstanding Scientific Advancement of Knowledge award.

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Experts Team Up on Tsunami Resilience in California

Experts Team Up on Tsunami Resilience in California

Thanks to new tools being developed by Federal and State agencies, scientists can now offer more accurate insight into the likely impacts of such...

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USGS and Hawai‘i Researchers Collaborate to Better Understand Changing Coral Reef Ecosystems Along West Maui, Hawai‘i

USGS and Hawai‘i Researchers Collaborate to Better Understand Changing Coral Reef Ecosystems Along West Maui, Hawai‘i

Over the past decade, there has been a notable change in seafloor-bottom type along west Maui, Hawai‘i.

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Recent Publications - September-October 2013

Recent Publications - September-October 2013

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

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Assessing the Probabilities of Extreme Flood Hazards—Workshop Proceedings Released

Assessing the Probabilities of Extreme Flood Hazards—Workshop Proceedings Released

Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA) was released in September 2013 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

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