Case Study: Monitoring Coastal Change via Satellite Imagery at Regional Scale in the Pacific Northwest
USGS Remote Sensing Data Tracks Big Sur Landslides of 2024
Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Sediment Cores Shed Light on Past Hydrothermal Activity
Forecasting Storm-Induced Coastal Flooding for the Hawaiian, Mariana, and American Samoan Islands
San Francisco Bay Shallow Water Strategic Placement Pilot Project
USGS supports innovative project between U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CA Coastal Conservancy, and Port of Redwood City to increase marsh resilience to sea-level rise
USGS supports innovative project between U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CA Coastal Conservancy, and Port of Redwood City to increase marsh resilience to sea-level rise
New Video Offers Virtual Tour of the USGS Sediment Core Lab
Physics to Fish
Habitat Restoration for Native Fish Populations in California's Central Valley
Habitat Restoration for Native Fish Populations in California's Central Valley
Cutting-Edge Storm Modeling System Forecasts Future Coastal Hazards in the Salish Sea
Web Portal Offers Access to National Marine Seismic Surveys
Federal Scientists Assess Unusual River-Erosion Disaster in Ecuadorian Amazon
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
We conduct multidisciplinary scientific research in the coastal and offshore areas of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and other US Pacific Islands; and in other waterways of the United States.
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Case Study: Monitoring Coastal Change via Satellite Imagery at Regional Scale in the Pacific Northwest
Case Study: Monitoring Coastal Change via Satellite Imagery at Regional Scale in the Pacific Northwest
USGS Remote Sensing Data Tracks Big Sur Landslides of 2024
USGS Remote Sensing Data Tracks Big Sur Landslides of 2024
Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Sediment Cores Shed Light on Past Hydrothermal Activity
Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Sediment Cores Shed Light on Past Hydrothermal Activity
Publications
Seismic attenuation and stress on the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield: Are we critical yet?
The Parkfield transitional segment of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) is characterized by the production of frequent quasi-periodical M6 events that break the very same asperity. The last Parkfield mainshock occurred on 28 September 2004, 38 years after the 1966 earthquake, and after the segment showed a ∼22 years average recurrence time. The main reason for the much longer interevent period between t
The value of marsh restoration for flood risk reduction in an urban estuary
The use of nature-based solutions (NBS) for coastal climate adaptation has broad and growing interest, but NBS are rarely assessed with the same rigor as traditional engineering solutions or with respect to future climate change scenarios. These gaps pose challenges for the use of NBS for climate adaptation. Here, we value the flood protection benefits of stakeholder-identified marsh restoration u
Vulnerability to sea-level rise varies among estuaries and habitat types: Lessons learned from a network of surface elevation tables in Puget Sound
Estuarine systems that provide valuable ecosystem services to society and important foraging and rearing habitat for fish and wildlife species continue to undergo degradation. In Puget Sound, WA, as much as 70–80% of historic estuarine habitat has been lost to anthropogenic development, and continued losses are expected through the end of the twenty-first century due to rising sea levels. To evalu
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USGS Research Vessel Williams
USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center's Research Vessel Williams.
Typhoon Merbok Disaster Emergency Recovery Efforts
Extreme storm events, such as Extratropical-Typhoon Merbok that hit the coast of Western Alaska in September 2022, are stark reminders of the devastating impacts coastal storms can have on Alaska Native community’s livelihoods and infrastructure. A chronic lack of environmental monitoring and technical assistance in rural Alaska present major barriers to communities affected by Typhoon Merbok...
USGS CoastCams
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses a nationwide network of coastal observing cameras, or CoastCams, to monitor coastal conditions in near real-time and support research by the USGS and its partners into a variety of coastal processes and hazards. The most recent CoastCam images are made publicly available within minutes of data collection and can be accessed using the links below or by...