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Impacts of Armoring on Sheltered Shorelines: Puget Sound, Washington

Impacts of Armoring on Sheltered Shorelines: Puget Sound, Washington

Science experts from various agencies and universities have compiled a "state of the science" summary of information on the impacts of armoring on...

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Palmyra Atoll: An Island Paradise In Recovery

Palmyra Atoll: An Island Paradise In Recovery

Palmyra faces challenges from past habitat impacts and present concerns about invasive species and sea-level rise.

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Coral Reef Health and Environmental Changes in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean Sea—Video Podcasts Highlight USGS Research

Coral Reef Health and Environmental Changes in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean Sea—Video Podcasts Highlight USGS Research

For five decades, USGS geologist Gene Shinn (retired) has chronicled changing conditions at seven coral reef sites in the Florida Keys, creating an...

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Birders Urged to Help Track the California Gull

Birders Urged to Help Track the California Gull

This gull species, which is native to California, has left an interesting history in its wake. Normally breeding in inland areas like Mono Lake...

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Connecting Marshes to the Sea—Sediment in the Shallows of San Francisco Bay

Connecting Marshes to the Sea—Sediment in the Shallows of San Francisco Bay

Placing instruments into San Francisco Bay, California, for 6 weeks of gathering data on how bay waters move sediment.

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Message in a Saucer—USGS Drifter Lands on Vancouver Island, Canada, 40 Years After Release

Message in a Saucer—USGS Drifter Lands on Vancouver Island, Canada, 40 Years After Release

Like a message in a bottle, a yellow disk recently washed up on the shores of Long Beach in Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim National Park Reserve...

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Recent Publications - March 2011

Recent Publications - March 2011

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

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Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

Japan Lashed by Powerful Earthquake, Devastating Tsunami

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, was unprecedented in the modern history of Japan, according to scientists at the U.S...

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New Intern from Sweden Assisting USGS Staff in Florida

New Intern from Sweden Assisting USGS Staff in Florida

The USGS works cooperatively through the National Park Service International Volunteers in Parks (IVIP) Program to facilitate international student...

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Boston University Marine Program Students Visit the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Boston University Marine Program Students Visit the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

A group of undergraduate students in the Boston University Marine Program (BUMP) visited the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Woods Hole...

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Linking Marine Aquariums to Marine Research and Conservation

Linking Marine Aquariums to Marine Research and Conservation

The USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center has partnered with the Pier Aquarium in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, to create a...

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