Sound Waves Newsletter - July 2011
Field Journal: Pacific Nearshore Project Alaska Expedition, Day 7
Editor's note: During the Pacific Nearshore Project 2011 Alaska Expedition, researchers shared stories about their shipboard life through journal entries posted on the USGS Western Ecological Research Center Web site. This entry for Day 7 is by Tim Tinker, USGS research wildlife biologist and a co-leader of the expedition.
Strengthening Coastal Research Partnerships at Coastal Sediments '11
The conferences provide a forum for exchange of information among coastal engineers, geologists, marine scientists, shallow-water oceanographers, and others interested in the physical processes that move coastal sediment and change the shape of the coast.
Workshop Examines Effects of a Rising Sea on Natural Systems of the Florida Everglades
More than 70 scientists and engineers from federal, state, and local agencies, universities, companies, and nonprofit organizations gathered in South Florida in April 2011 to participate in the workshop "Influence of Sea Level Rise on Natural Systems of the Greater Everglades."
USGS Taps the Florida Sun for Energy in St. Petersburg
The USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, is installing a new solar-heating system.
Summer Intern Working with Underwater Video Data from the Hawaiian Islands
USGS intern was selected for the internship by the USGS/NAGT (National Association of Geoscience Teachers) Cooperative Field Training Program.
New Book Offers Comprehensive Description of Gulf of Mexico Geology
The recently published Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 3, Geology provides the most up to date, systematic, cohesive, and comprehensive description of the geology of the Gulf of Mexico Basin.
Recent Publications - July 2011
List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.