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Where on Earth are we working today?

To find out where USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Scientists are at this very minute, see the list of active field work!

Study Locations

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California   Oregon   Washington   Alaska   Hawaii   USA   International

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California

• California Coastal Processes Studies
  • Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS)
  • Our Coast Our Future: Climate Impacts Tool
  • San Francisco Bay Coastal System
  • San Francisco Bay Basic Tide Model
  • San Francisco Bay Sand and Mud
  • Santa Barbara Littoral Cell Coastal Processes Study
• California Seafloor Mapping Program
• Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts
• U.S. West Coast and Alaska Marine Geohazards
• Coastal Aquifer Project
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats
• Probabilistic Forecasting of Earthquakes and Earthquake Effect
• Santa Barbara Channel
• Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments
• Tsunami Hazards, Modeling, and the Sedimentary Record
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

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Oregon

• U.S. West Coast and Alaska Marine Geohazards
• Coastal Aquifer Project
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats
• Probabilistic Forecasting of Earthquakes and Earthquake Effects
• Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

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Washington

• Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound
• USGS Science to support the Elwha River Restoration Project
• Coastal Aquifer Project
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats
• Probabilistic Forecasting of Earthquakes and Earthquake Effects
• Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

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Alaska

• Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts
• U.S. West Coast and Alaska Marine Geohazards
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• Marine Geomorphology, Evolution, and Habitats
• Probabilistic Forecasting of Earthquakes and Earthquake Effects

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Hawaii

• Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts
• U.S. West Coast and Alaska Marine Geohazards
• Coastal Aquifer Project II [CAPII]
• Coral Reef Studies
• Global Geoengineering Research
• Pacific Coral Reefs
• Pacific EEZ Minerals

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Other US Areas

• Applied Sediment Transport
• Coastal Aquifer Project
• Global Geoengineering Research
• The Impact of Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change on Pacific Ocean Atolls that House Department of Defense Installations
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• Pacific Coral Reefs
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

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International

• Global Geoengineering Research
• Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins
• Pacific Coral Reefs
• Tsunami & Earthquake Studies

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