Web Tools
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program interactive maps, data visualizations, and data analysis products.
Real-Time Forecasts of Coastal Change
U.S. Geological Survey researchers develop tools to forecast coastal change hazards. This geonarrative features research and tools developed to forecast real-time coastal change.
Barrier Islands
U.S. Geological Survey Researchers Monitor Barrier Islands. This geonarrative features research used to monitor Barrier islands which are narrow stretches of sand deposited parallel to the shoreline, are inherently valuable ecosystems. They protect estuaries and lagoons that help reduce coastal erosion, purify the water, and provide habitat for fish and birds.
Our Coasts
USGS Coastal Change Hazards research provides scientific tools to protect lives, property, and the economic well being of the Nation. The mission of the USGS Coastal Change Hazards Program is to provide research and tools to protect lives, property, and the economic well-being of the Nation. This is a story map that introduces the value of our coasts and the threats they face with global change.
Coastal Change at Fire Island
This geonarrative features research used to predict how Fire Island beaches change in response to storms and how they may subsequently recover in the year following a storm event.
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program Decadal Science Strategy
This geonarrative constitutes the Decadal Science Strategy of the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, for 2020 to 2030.
Sea Level Change
An Interactive Guide to Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States
Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
Information about scientific data collected through field activities conducted by scientists in the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program.
SPCMSC Geoscience Data Viewer Web Mapping Application
The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) Geoscience Data Viewer is an interactive web mapping application containing geoscientific data frequently collected and published by the center. Data includes seismic data extents and tracklines, bathymetric footprints and Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), lidar footprints, side-scan sonar mosaics, and geologic cores and samples.
SPCMSC Geologic Core and Sample Viewer Web Mapping Application
The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) Core Viewer is an interactive web mapping application of the center’s geologic core and samples database. The database contains a comprehensive inventory of geologic (coral, coral reef, limestone, and sediment) cores and samples collected, analyzed, published, and/or archived by, or in collaboration with SPCMSC.
National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS)
The National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS) is a marine seismic reflection data archive consisting of data acquired by or contributed to U.S. Department of the Interior agencies. The USGS is committed to preserving these data on behalf of the academic community and the nation. Data are provided with free and open access.
Presence of Microbes and the Distribution of Climatic, Environmental, and Geochemical Variables Web Mapping Application
This web mapping application allows users to make comparisons between national scale environmental datasets and Bacillus species and Bacillus anthracis detection results. The datasets include soil physical, chemical, and mineralogical data, current and historical climate data, landcover, and biological surveys.
COAWST: A Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave- Sediment Transport Modeling System
To better identify the significant processes affecting our coastlines and how those processes create coastal change we have developed a Coupled Ocean – Atmosphere – Wave – Sediment Transport (COAWST) Modeling System, which is integrated by the Model Coupling Toolkit to exchange data fields between the ocean model ROMS, the atmosphere model WRF, the wave model SWAN, and the sedime