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So goes the snow: Alaska snowpack changes and impacts on pacific salmon in a warming climate

Data Release
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Hurricane Matthew Overwash Extents

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Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts

Data Release
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When and where could rising seas cross thresholds for initiating wetland drowning across conterminous United States?

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Potential coastal change impacts during a direct landfall of Hurricane Dorian: NHC Advisory 33, 1100 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2019

Storm surge and high waves are likely to cause beach erosion along nearly 80% of sandy beaches and overwash about 50% of the dunes from Florida through North Carolina

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

Erosion at Fire Island, New York

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A flyer for NCASC's Spring Webinar Series on Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Federal Research and Management.

Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Federal Research and Management: Best Practices for Engaging Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples Surrounding Indigenous Knowledges

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Macroclimatic change expected to transform coastal wetland ecosystems this century

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Rising seas could cross thresholds for initiating coastal wetland drowning within decades across much of the United States

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Sandy barrier island with dunes near a sandy beach on one side, low vegetation in the middle, and a bay of water on the other.

West view of Fire Island, New York from the Fire Island Lighthouse

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Before and after pictures - Hurricane Rita and Holly Beach, Louisiana, USA

Before and after pictures - Hurricane Rita and Holly Beach, Louisiana

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iCoast – Did the Coast Change?: Storm-impact model verification using citizen scientists

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Future wave and wind projections for United States and United-States-affiliated Pacific Islands

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Potential for shoreline changes due to sea-level rise along the U.S. mid-Atlantic region

Featured Story
Coastal change forecast map for Hurricane Zeta Oct. 27, 2020

Zeta’s Strong Waves Will Cause Coastal Change Along the Gulf Coast

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Tampa Bay coastal acidification research featured in EPA National Estuary Program report

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The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community prepares for climate change impacts

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Estuarine Processes, Hazards, and Ecosystems

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Comparative analyses of hydrological responses of two adjacent watersheds to climate variability and change using the SWAT model

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Soil core from coastal wetland

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Remote sensing for wetland mapping and historical change detection at the Nisqually River Delta

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

Dauphin Island, Alabama

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USGS: Science at the intersection of land and ocean

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Sedimentologic characteristics of recent washover deposits from Assateague Island, Maryland

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Coastal Wetlands Geonarrative

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North Carolina Coastline

North Carolina Coastline Breach

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Aerial photo of Bair Islands State Marine Park, San Mateo County, California

Restoring Marshes as a Cost-Effective Climate Adaptation Solution for San Mateo County

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Coastline Breach

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Climate- and disturbance-driven changes in subsistence berries in coastal Alaska: Indigenous knowledge to inform ecological inference

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Avalanche debris deposit

USGS Research on the Changing Cryosphere

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