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Photo Roundup - December 2020-March 2021

Photo Roundup - December 2020-March 2021

A selection of coastal and marine images and videos from across the USGS.

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Overcoming research challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Overcoming research challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic

The USGS Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program is a prestigious opportunity for early career geoscientists to enhance their scientific stature and...

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Providing Guidance and Hope for Coral Restoration Efforts

Providing Guidance and Hope for Coral Restoration Efforts

Coral reefs are suffering due to multiple stressors in our changing world, but there is hope for recovery. New USGS science can help guide the way to...

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Davina Passeri will participate in virtual science panel for art exhibit on “Expanding Waters”

Davina Passeri will participate in virtual science panel for art exhibit on “Expanding Waters”

Davina Passeri, Research Oceanographer at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, has been invited to participate in a virtual panel...

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Next-generation real-time oceanographic instrumentation

Next-generation real-time oceanographic instrumentation

SPCMSC received their first Sofar Smart Mooring and Spotter Buoy to collect real-time oceanographic data.

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CMHRP coral-reef researcher featured in National Parks Traveler podcast

CMHRP coral-reef researcher featured in National Parks Traveler podcast

Research Marine Biologist Ilsa Kuffner was interviewed by Lynn Riddick, reporter for National Parks Traveler

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Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast expands to include more than a thousand miles of new coverage

Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast expands to include more than a thousand miles of new coverage

The Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecasts have been extended across an additional 1,700 km of US coastline to provide coastal change hazards...

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Photo Roundup - Coastal Change Hazards

Photo Roundup - Coastal Change Hazards

Multimedia documenting coastal change hazards research at the USGS

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SPCMSC Scientists Investigating Coastal Geology in Pinellas County, Florida

SPCMSC Scientists Investigating Coastal Geology in Pinellas County, Florida

SPCMSC geologists Daniel Ciarletta, Julie Bernier, and Nancy DeWitt are collecting ground-penetrating radar profiles and vibracores from Pinellas...

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Davina Passeri invited to present on barrier island evolution at Deford Lecture Series

Davina Passeri invited to present on barrier island evolution at Deford Lecture Series

Davina Passeri of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center has been invited to present a talk titled, “Modeling decadal barrier...

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USGS Scientist elected as Fellow to American Academy of Microbiology

USGS Scientist elected as Fellow to American Academy of Microbiology

Dr. Christina Kellogg (SPCMSC) was elected to the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). Fellows of the AAM, an honorific leadership group within the...

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Karim Alizad will present his research on Wetland Response to Sea-Level Rise at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Virtual Symposium

Karim Alizad will present his research on Wetland Response to Sea-Level Rise at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Virtual Symposium

Karim Alizad, researcher contracted to the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, will present a talk about coastal wetland response...

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