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List of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

Proceedings of the Workshop on Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment (PFHA) was released in September 2013 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

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...

A newly published paper concludes that a modest (1 foot) tsunami-like event on the East Coast was generated in the early 19th century by a large...

California sea otter numbers are up, according to the latest population survey led by Federal, State and university scientists. The reasons: more pups...

A sampling of recent USGS publications and data releases based on coastal and marine research.

Recolonization of Elkhorn Slough by sea otters led to recovery and expansion of seagrass beds due to cascading effects on the food web, study finds.

A deepwater tripod system designed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will be the first of its kind to be deployed on the bottom of the South China...

Those who care about how we use the sea, and how we keep it clean and productive, can participate in a process called “ocean planning,” which is part...