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Illustrations
Five methods of monitoring subsidence and sea level rise: extensometers, InSAR, wells, GPS, and tidal stations.

Methods of subsidence and sea level rise monitoring

Photography
Researcher samples sediments on exposed cliff face.

Socastee Formation Sampling to Study Past Records of Sea Level

Screenshots
Screen showing wetland and title Coastal Wetlands

U.S. Coastal Wetland Synthesis Applications geonarrative

Illustrations
CCL map and CVI map gif

Coastal Change Likelihood

Photography
Photo of volcanic cone

August 2, 2024—Sulfur Cone gas monitoring maintenance

Photography
Person outside working in a vegetated wetland

Surface elevation table measurements on a degraded marsh in Jamaica Bay, New York

Photography
aerial view of shrub mangrove forest

Shrub Mangrove Forest in Rangaunu Harbour, New Zealand

Illustrations
Coastal Vulnerability Index map of Chesapeake, VA

Coastal Vulnerability Index

Photography
"Sea Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss" video screenshot

"Sea Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss" video screenshot

Illustrations
Coastal Vulnerability Index map of Cape Cod, MA

Coastal Vulnerability Index - 1999

Photography
picture of the shoreline where a river is meeting the ocean on a blue sky day

Shoreline in Wellfleet

Photography
coastal wetland plants in an estuary

New Zealand coastal wetland

Posters
Flyer with images of sea-level rise with ocean waves

2019 November Public Lecture

Illustrations
Two maps of coastal change on Cape Cod using the CCL and CVI

CCL and CVI

Charts or Graphs
Parameters considered in models for shoreline change

Models for shoreline change

Photography
two people on green boardwalk in marsh with green and grey grasses and blue sky

2022 Coring

Photography
A man kneels in a grassy marsh handling samples through a grid

Collecting sediment samples in the marshes of Grand Bay

Photography
View of a roadway on a tropical island with palm trees, the area is being overwashed by waves and flooded.

Waves wash over a road on Roi-Namur Island

Photography
team of USGS/USFWS scientists in coastal marsh

USGS and USFWS Scientists at San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

Photography
scientists stand near a tower in heavily vegetated sandy dunes under a blue sky

Installing Coastal Camera Tower

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a sandy coastline with heavily eroded dunes with two houses on stilts nearby

Erosion at Fire Island, New York

Infographics
Infographic: Studying Seafloor Erosion in the Florida Keys. Images of 3D map of coral reef and floating mapping equipment

Studying Seafloor Erosion in the Florida Keys

Photography
Person standing on temporary walkway in marsh

2022 VA Coring

Photography
A low-lying, flat sandy area with water on both sides and a bridge in the distance

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Photography
Several pieces of coral arranged in rows in a cardboard box

Coral-reef core from the USGS core archive

Photography
coastal ecosystems in Omaha-Taniko Scientific Preserve

Omaha-Taniko Scientific Preserve, New Zealand

Photography
USGS scientists measure beach elevation and other profile characteristics

USGS scientists measure beach elevation and other profiles

Photography
A scientist holds a piece of a coral-reef core that is over 6,000 years old

Various clues determine reliable coral samples

Photography
A vegetated sandy coastline with water at low tide, and a strip of land in the distance with houses

Dauphin Island, Alabama

Photography
Scientist holds and analyzes a thin cylinder of sand and mud in front of a sandy vegetated area next to a hole in the ground

Geologist Julie Bernier examines a water-logged sand auger core

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