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DECODE: A New Automatic Algorithm To Track Coastal Tidal Wetland Changes

DECODE: A New Automatic Algorithm To Track Coastal Tidal Wetland Changes

Scientists from the USGS, University of Connecticut, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service developed an automatic algorithm for DEtection and...

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Deep Dive: Marine Geology in Escanaba Trough

Deep Dive: Marine Geology in Escanaba Trough

Escanaba Trough is the southern-most segment of the Gorda Ridge seafloor spreading center, the only mid-ocean ridge located within the US Exclusive...

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Caitlin Reynolds is out at sea to continue a study on sediment flux in the Gulf of Mexico

Caitlin Reynolds is out at sea to continue a study on sediment flux in the Gulf of Mexico

Caitlin departed on the R/V Weatherbird II last weekend to collect samples from, and redeploy, sediment traps in the Gulf of Mexico. She will be...

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Deep Dive: Hydrothermal Systems in Escanaba Trough

Deep Dive: Hydrothermal Systems in Escanaba Trough

Hydrothermal systems occur when seawater percolates down through fractures in the oceanic crust, heating up as it nears the earth’s hot interior...

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USGS Leads Research Expedition to Deep-sea Escanaba Trough

USGS Leads Research Expedition to Deep-sea Escanaba Trough

The USGS, in cooperation with BOEM, NOAA, and others, embarked on a three-week research expedition to Escanaba Trough off the coast of northern...

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USGS drifter found on a Scotland beach nearly 40 years after its release in the Arctic Ocean

USGS drifter found on a Scotland beach nearly 40 years after its release in the Arctic Ocean

On 22 February 2022, a resident of the Scottish isle of Islay found a yellow plastic disk—a “drifter”—that had been released off the Arctic coast of...

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Cross-center team testing seafloor structure-from-motion technology in Tampa Bay

Cross-center team testing seafloor structure-from-motion technology in Tampa Bay

Scientists, engineers, and staff from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) are at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science...

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SPCMSC team traveled to Seven Mile Island, New Jersey, to collect seafloor data to inform studies on barrier island change and sediment budget

SPCMSC team traveled to Seven Mile Island, New Jersey, to collect seafloor data to inform studies on barrier island change and sediment budget

The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center sent a large crew to Seven Mile Island to collect single beam bathymetry in the nearshore and...

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SPCMSC Researchers invited to present seminar to University of California Santa Cruz Ocean Sciences Department

SPCMSC Researchers invited to present seminar to University of California Santa Cruz Ocean Sciences Department

Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Legna Torres-Garcia of the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) presented a seminar to the Ocean...

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SPCMSC scientists to start new coral experiment in Dry Tortugas National Park

SPCMSC scientists to start new coral experiment in Dry Tortugas National Park

Ilsa Kuffner of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) is leading a team to determine the reasons coral grows faster in...

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Sea-level rise may help shorebirds but could put communities at risk on Fire Island

Sea-level rise may help shorebirds but could put communities at risk on Fire Island

New coastal change scenarios show enduring future habitat for the threatened piping plover, but potential loss of land that supports coastal homes and...

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California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing

California Deepwater Investigations and Groundtruthing

To advance national and state renewable energy goals, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), USGS, and the State of California are considering...

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