Stylized animation showing the shoreline of a wetland that is eroded by waves or currents eating away the sediment along the edge of the wetland. The displaced sediment is then deposited back onto the wetland platform by other waves. When this process happens continually, layers of displaced sediment build up over time, raising the surface of the wetland.
Alexandra Hays
(She/Her)Alexandra Hays is a Public Affairs Specialist with the USGS Office of Communications and Publishing representing the Eastern states.
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Stylized animation showing the shoreline of a wetland that is eroded by waves or currents eating away the sediment along the edge of the wetland. The displaced sediment is then deposited back onto the wetland platform by other waves. When this process happens continually, layers of displaced sediment build up over time, raising the surface of the wetland.
A technician installs strong motion and high frequency sensors April 11 at a station selected to record aftershock data from the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
A technician installs strong motion and high frequency sensors April 11 at a station selected to record aftershock data from the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner installs an "aftershock kit" in New Jersey April 10 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner installs an "aftershock kit" in New Jersey April 10 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner, left, and Patrick Bowen, a hydrologic technician, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner, left, and Patrick Bowen, a hydrologic technician, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Patrick Bowen, foreground, and electronics technician Greg Tanner, background, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Patrick Bowen, foreground, and electronics technician Greg Tanner, background, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
![Two sea turtles in a crate for transporting.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/IMG_0744.jpg?itok=HSzXwSWI)
Cold-stunned green sea turtles rescued from fatal water temperatures in St. Joseph Bay, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey staff members are held temporarily in a crate before being transferred to Gulf World Marine Institute for rehabilitation and medical treatment January 23, 2024.
Cold-stunned green sea turtles rescued from fatal water temperatures in St. Joseph Bay, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey staff members are held temporarily in a crate before being transferred to Gulf World Marine Institute for rehabilitation and medical treatment January 23, 2024.
A cold-stunned green sea turtle near St. Joseph Bay, Florida moments before rescue by U.S. Geological Survey staff members January 23, 2024. The animals were pulled from fatal water temperatures off the coast of Florida and from beaches in a collaborative rescue event by the USGS, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the U.S.
A cold-stunned green sea turtle near St. Joseph Bay, Florida moments before rescue by U.S. Geological Survey staff members January 23, 2024. The animals were pulled from fatal water temperatures off the coast of Florida and from beaches in a collaborative rescue event by the USGS, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the U.S.
A young federally Threatened Ringed Map Turtle basks on a log near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
A young federally Threatened Ringed Map Turtle basks on a log near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
An adult female River Cooter, left, and an adult female federally-Threatened Ringed Map Turtle, right, bask in the sun near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
An adult female River Cooter, left, and an adult female federally-Threatened Ringed Map Turtle, right, bask in the sun near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
![A teenager sits in a boat holding a tiny turtle in each hand, smiling.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/Image%20%281%29_0.jpeg?itok=wCjHitT7)
Aidan Ford, a citizen-scientist, holds up two juvenile Ringed Map Turtles during fieldwork with the U.S. Geological Survey, on May 5, 2023 on the Bouge Falaya river, in Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
Aidan Ford, a citizen-scientist, holds up two juvenile Ringed Map Turtles during fieldwork with the U.S. Geological Survey, on May 5, 2023 on the Bouge Falaya river, in Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
![A Ringed Map Turtle basks on a log suspended above water.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/IMG_9851_0.jpg?itok=nG4x9Xbj)
This photo, taken by teenager Aidan Ford in 2021 of a Ringed Map Turtle near Covington, Louisiana, led to the conformation of a second, previously-unknown population of the species. (Photo courtesy of Aidan Ford).
This photo, taken by teenager Aidan Ford in 2021 of a Ringed Map Turtle near Covington, Louisiana, led to the conformation of a second, previously-unknown population of the species. (Photo courtesy of Aidan Ford).
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Stylized animation showing the shoreline of a wetland that is eroded by waves or currents eating away the sediment along the edge of the wetland. The displaced sediment is then deposited back onto the wetland platform by other waves. When this process happens continually, layers of displaced sediment build up over time, raising the surface of the wetland.
Stylized animation showing the shoreline of a wetland that is eroded by waves or currents eating away the sediment along the edge of the wetland. The displaced sediment is then deposited back onto the wetland platform by other waves. When this process happens continually, layers of displaced sediment build up over time, raising the surface of the wetland.
A technician installs strong motion and high frequency sensors April 11 at a station selected to record aftershock data from the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
A technician installs strong motion and high frequency sensors April 11 at a station selected to record aftershock data from the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner installs an "aftershock kit" in New Jersey April 10 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner installs an "aftershock kit" in New Jersey April 10 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner, left, and Patrick Bowen, a hydrologic technician, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey electronics technician Greg Tanner, left, and Patrick Bowen, a hydrologic technician, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Patrick Bowen, foreground, and electronics technician Greg Tanner, background, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician Patrick Bowen, foreground, and electronics technician Greg Tanner, background, install an "aftershock kit" in Lawrenceville, N.J., April 9 following the April 5, 2024 Whitehouse Station, N.J. earthquake.
![Two sea turtles in a crate for transporting.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/IMG_0744.jpg?itok=HSzXwSWI)
Cold-stunned green sea turtles rescued from fatal water temperatures in St. Joseph Bay, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey staff members are held temporarily in a crate before being transferred to Gulf World Marine Institute for rehabilitation and medical treatment January 23, 2024.
Cold-stunned green sea turtles rescued from fatal water temperatures in St. Joseph Bay, Florida by U.S. Geological Survey staff members are held temporarily in a crate before being transferred to Gulf World Marine Institute for rehabilitation and medical treatment January 23, 2024.
A cold-stunned green sea turtle near St. Joseph Bay, Florida moments before rescue by U.S. Geological Survey staff members January 23, 2024. The animals were pulled from fatal water temperatures off the coast of Florida and from beaches in a collaborative rescue event by the USGS, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the U.S.
A cold-stunned green sea turtle near St. Joseph Bay, Florida moments before rescue by U.S. Geological Survey staff members January 23, 2024. The animals were pulled from fatal water temperatures off the coast of Florida and from beaches in a collaborative rescue event by the USGS, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the U.S.
A young federally Threatened Ringed Map Turtle basks on a log near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
A young federally Threatened Ringed Map Turtle basks on a log near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
An adult female River Cooter, left, and an adult female federally-Threatened Ringed Map Turtle, right, bask in the sun near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
An adult female River Cooter, left, and an adult female federally-Threatened Ringed Map Turtle, right, bask in the sun near Covington, Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
![A teenager sits in a boat holding a tiny turtle in each hand, smiling.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/Image%20%281%29_0.jpeg?itok=wCjHitT7)
Aidan Ford, a citizen-scientist, holds up two juvenile Ringed Map Turtles during fieldwork with the U.S. Geological Survey, on May 5, 2023 on the Bouge Falaya river, in Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
Aidan Ford, a citizen-scientist, holds up two juvenile Ringed Map Turtles during fieldwork with the U.S. Geological Survey, on May 5, 2023 on the Bouge Falaya river, in Louisiana. (Courtesy photo).
![A Ringed Map Turtle basks on a log suspended above water.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/masonry/public/media/images/IMG_9851_0.jpg?itok=nG4x9Xbj)
This photo, taken by teenager Aidan Ford in 2021 of a Ringed Map Turtle near Covington, Louisiana, led to the conformation of a second, previously-unknown population of the species. (Photo courtesy of Aidan Ford).
This photo, taken by teenager Aidan Ford in 2021 of a Ringed Map Turtle near Covington, Louisiana, led to the conformation of a second, previously-unknown population of the species. (Photo courtesy of Aidan Ford).