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In 2022, the USGS and partners embarked on a research expedition to Escanaba Trough off the coast of northern California. The multidisciplinary crew collected samples with a remotely operated vehicle and tested new seafloor mapping techniques using an autonomous underwater vehicle.

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Sound Waves Newsletter

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Read issues of the Sound Waves Newsletter, featuring “Coastal and Marine Research News from Across the USGS”

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California Seafloor Mapping Program Reaches Milestone

California Seafloor Mapping Program Reaches Milestone

The first phase of map and geospatial data publications, comprising six USGS Scientific Investigations Maps and associated data files centered on the...

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Scientific Portrait of the Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History

Scientific Portrait of the Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History

Scientists worked together to examine and report the effects of removing two large dams from the Elwha River in Washington State, the largest dam...

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VIPS Learn about Climate Change Impacts along San Francisco’s Outer Coast

VIPS Learn about Climate Change Impacts along San Francisco’s Outer Coast

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Acting USGS Director Suzette Kimball, and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee took part in a coastal climate change...

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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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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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A Research Cruise to Investigate Natural Versus Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems in Hood Canal, Washington

A Research Cruise to Investigate Natural Versus Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems in Hood Canal, Washington

Researchers from the USGS and the University of Washington collaborated on fieldwork in Hood Canal, a long, narrow fjord in Puget Sound, Washington.

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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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California Seafloor Mapping Reveals Hidden Treasures

California Seafloor Mapping Reveals Hidden Treasures

Three new products in an ongoing series were released on August 9, 2013, by the USGS—a map set for the area offshore of Carpinteria (about 120...

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