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USGS research on the value of coral reefs as coastal protection informs state and territorial policies to protect, restore, and insure U.S. reefs.

The Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CariCOOS) hosted the assembly May 26, 2023, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and featured a presentation about...

The Herring River restoration is now underway. For nearly a decade, the USGS has conducted blue carbon research to support this restoration project...

Caitlin and a group of Eckerd College students getting their first research cruise experience will head out on the R/V Weatherbird II on May 28, 2023...

New York City faces accelerating inundation risk from sea-level rise, subsidence, and increasing storm intensity from natural and anthropogenic causes...

Dr. Madelyn Mette will moderate a scientific session and present recent work titled “Bridging the gap between corals and bivalves: Development of...

Starting in May 2023 in the Gulf of Alaska, this regional seafloor mapping campaign is part of a broader effort to collect data across coastal and...

A new plan titled, “Marsh Forward” outlines what it would take to protect a million-acre salt marsh ecosystem in the South Atlantic region of the U.S...

Happy American Wetlands Month! Throughout the month of May, the U.S. Geological Survey is celebrating the importance of healthy wetlands to local...