Future Fieldwork, October–November 2016
Aug. / Sept. 2016 2016
First USGS Coastal Maps from Unmanned Aerial Systems
June / July 2016 2016
Future Fieldwork, August–September 2016
June / July 2016 2016
Examining the Chemistry of Seawater and Coral to Promote the Health of West Maui's Coral Reefs
April / May 2016
Future Fieldwork, June-July 2016
April / May 2016
Investigating the Offshore Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System in Southeastern Alaska, and its Potential to Produce Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Submarine Landslides
Dec. / Jan. 2016
An Inside Look at Eroding Coastal Bluffs on Alaska's North Slope
Dec. / Jan. 2016
Artificial-Gas-Seep Test Produces 3D Images of Bubble Plumes in the Ocean
Dec. / Jan. 2016
Sandwich Beach Cam Established
Dec. / Jan. 2016
Sampling Methane Seeps and Plumes on the U.S. Atlantic Margin
Oct. / Nov. 2015
USGS Completes Second Atlantic Margin Expedition for Law of the Sea/Submarine-Landslide Studies
Oct. / Nov. 2015
USGS Oceanographer Participating on Collaborative U.S. and Canadian Research Cruise in the Davis Strait between Greenland and Canada
July–Sept. 2015
Beyond the Abyss—Scientists Investigate the Virtually Unexplored Mariana Trench
March-June 2015
Telepresence Expedition Explores Unknown Deep-Sea Areas off of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
March-June 2015
Imaging Methane Seeps and Plumes on the U.S. Atlantic Margin
March-June 2015
Slowly Swimming Towards Recovery, California's Sea Otter Numbers Holding Steady
Jan. / Feb. 2015
New Research Vessel Arcticus Advancing USGS Fishery Science in the Great Lakes
Jan. / Feb. 2015
USGS Atlantic Margin Expedition Combines Submarine-Landslide Studies with Law of the Sea Mapping
Nov. / Dec. 2014
Interdisciplinary Exploration of Seamounts in the Anegada Passage, Northeast Caribbean
Nov. / Dec. 2014
Mapping Coastal Changes Along Northern Monterey Bay, California, to Aid Planning for Future Storms
Nov. / Dec. 2014
Free-Ascending Tripod Brings Data from the Deep Seafloor of the South China Sea
September / October 2014
Instruments Deployed near Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, to Measure Bottom Shear Stress and Other Variables near the Seafloor
September / October 2014
Coastal Streams in Central California Reflect the Region's Drought
September / October 2014
USGS Scientist Participates in National Geographic's BioBlitz 2014
September / October 2014
Earthquake, Landslide, and Tsunami Hazards in the Northeastern Caribbean—Insights from a 2013 E/V Nautilus Expedition
May / June 2014
Through the Eyes of a Polar Bear—First "Point of View" Video
May / June 2014
Assessing the Vulnerability of Pacific Atolls to Climate Change
March / April 2014
Exploring Undersea Terrain Off the Northern U.S. Atlantic Coast Via Telepresence–Enabled Research Cruise
Nov. / Dec. 2013
The "Jetyak"—Autonomous Kayak Performs Shallow-Water Surveys
Nov. / Dec. 2013
A Research Cruise to Investigate Natural Versus Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems in Hood Canal, Washington
Nov. / Dec. 2013
USGS and Hawai'i Researchers Collaborate to Better Understand Changing Coral Reef Ecosystems Along West Maui, Hawai'i
Sept. / Oct. 2013
California's Sea Otter Numbers Continue Slow Climb
Sept. / Oct. 2013
Seismic-Imaging Research Cruise Investigates Deepwater Gas Hydrate Deposits in the Gulf of Mexico
July / Aug. 2013
Deep-Sea Instrument Tripod Passes Test in Monterey Bay, California - Next Stop is South China Sea
July / Aug. 2013
State and Federal Agencies Partner for a Second Year of Seafloor Sampling off Massachusetts - Results Will Refine Maps Used in Research and Resource Management
May / June 2013
Life in the Abyss
May / June 2013
Coral Gardens: Forests of the Deep Mission Log, May 11, 2013
May / June 2013
Juvenile Surf Smelt and Sand Lance in Central Puget Sound, Washington—Links in a Complex Food Web
Mar. / Apr. 2013
Mapping, Measuring, and Modeling to Understand Water-Quality Dynamics in Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary, New Jersey
Jan. / Feb. 2013
Hurricane Sandy Disrupts USGS Study of the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary in New Jersey, Provides Additional Research Opportunities
Jan. / Feb. 2013
Scientists from Four USGS Science Centers Collaborate in Study of Coastal Groundwater Exchange in Hood Canal, Washington
Jan. / Feb. 2013
USGS Scientists Predict, Measure Sandy's Impacts on the Coastal Landscape
Nov. / Dec. 2012
What's in a Name? Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy
Nov. / Dec. 2012
Using Shallow-Water Seafloor Mapping to Understand Sediment Movement in the Northern Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana
Nov. / Dec. 2012
Recovery Slows for California's Sea Otters, 2012 Survey Shows
Nov. / Dec. 2012
USGS Scientists Exploring Mars as Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory
Sept. / Oct. 2012
"Where Am I?"—High-Resolution Digital Topographic Maps Help Curiosity Navigate Mars
Sept. / Oct. 2012
Tip from USGS and MBARI Scientists Leads to Discovery of Methane Seep off San Diego, California, by Scripps Graduate Students
Sept. / Oct. 2012
USGS Scientists Study an Oil-Spill-Mitigation Sand Berm in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana
July / August 2012
Collecting Ocean-Circulation and Sediment-Transport Data Offshore of Fire Island, New York
July / August 2012
Weather Conditions Prevent 2011 Survey of California Sea Otter Population
May / June 2012
Seabird and Mammal Surveys Off California, Oregon, and Washington
Mar. / Apr. 2012
Arctic Expedition Reaches 88.5 Degrees North Latitude—Fourth Joint U.S.-Canada Survey for Purpose of Delineating Extended Continental Shelf
Jan. / Feb. 2012
Collaborative Seafloor-Mapping Program Completes Final Mapping Surveys off Massachusetts
Jan. / Feb. 2012
State and Federal Agencies Partner for Seafloor-Sampling Survey off Massachusetts
Jan. / Feb. 2012
Elwha Dam Removal Begins—Long-Planned Project Will Restore Ecosystem, Salmon Runs
Nov. / Dec. 2011
Mechanical Arm + Internet = Realtime Profiles of Particles Near the Seafloor
Nov. / Dec. 2011
Climate History and Deep-Sea-Coral Habitats—Clues from the Drake Passage Between Antarctica and South America
Nov. / Dec. 2011
Common Murre Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years on the Channel Islands off Southern California
Nov. / Dec. 2011
Pacific Walruses Studied as Sea Ice Melts
Nov. / Dec. 2011
High-Resolution Multibeam Mapping of Mid-Atlantic Canyons to Assess Tsunami Hazards
Sept. / Oct. 2011
USGS Scientists Develop System for Simultaneous Measurements of Topography and Bathymetry in Coastal Environments
Sept. / Oct. 2011
Final Beach-Erosion Survey of the Elwha River Delta Before Dam Removal
Sept. / Oct. 2011
Aerial Photographs of Outer Banks Show Coastal Damage from Hurricane Irene
Sept. / Oct. 2011
Famous Manatee "Chessie" Sighted in Chesapeake Bay After Long Absence
Sept. / Oct. 2011
USGS Arctic Ocean Research: A Polar Ocean Acidification Study
August 2011
Three-Week Expedition Images Sediments Beneath the Gulf of Alaska
August 2011
Alaska Sea Otter Expedition Investigates Coastal Health
July 2011
Field Journal: Pacific Nearshore Project Alaska Expedition, Day 7
July 2011
International Team Studies Tsunami Deposits in Japan to Improve Understanding and Mitigation of Tsunami Hazards
June 2011
USGS Scuba Diving Expertise: An Important Tool in Marine Research
June 2011
Wildfire in the Florida Everglades Changes Fieldwork Schedule, Gives Scientists Views of Large Prescribed Burn
June 2011
Connecting Marshes to the Sea—Sediment in the Shallows of San Francisco Bay
April / May 2011
Birders Urged to Help Track the California Gull
April / May 2011
California Sea Otter Numbers Drop Again
December 2010
Search for Evidence of Prehistoric Tsunamis and Great Earthquakes on Chirikof Island, Eastern Aleutians
December 2010
Seafloor Mapping in Coastal Massachusetts - How Enhanced Network Infrastructure Facilitates Data Management and Collaboration with Project Partners
December 2010
Degradation of Subsea Permafrost and Associated Gas Hydrates Offshore of Alaska in Response to Climate Change
Oct. / Nov. 2010
Coral Calcification Rates in South Florida During Times of Changing Ocean Conditions
Oct. / Nov. 2010
Coral Paparazzi—Looking for a Quick Way to Spot Evidence of Coral Disease
Oct. / Nov. 2010
Scientists Set Sail to Map the Arctic Seafloor
Aug. / Sept. 2010
Ocean Acidification: Research on Top of the World
Aug. / Sept. 2010
Tracking Coral Larvae to Understand Hawai'i Reef Health
Aug. / Sept. 2010
Fieldwork in New Zealand: Comparisons Between Northern and Southern Hemisphere Wetlands
Aug. / Sept. 2010
Scientists Study Coastal Erosion at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
July 2010
Geological Impacts of the February 2010 Tsunami in Chile
July 2010
Murky Waters
July 2010
USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
May / June 2010
USGS Steers Science at Massachusetts Maritime Academy—Measuring Tidal Flows in the Cape Cod Canal
Jan. / Feb. 2010
Surprises from the Deadly September 29, 2009, Samoa Tsunami
December 2009
Scientists Cruise Deep into Coral Ecosystems
December 2009
Ground-Truthing Data for Mapping of Seafloor Habitat and Geology along the California Coast
December 2009
Belize Fieldwork Shows How Oceanic Mangrove Islands Kept Up With Sea-Level Rise for 8,000 Years
December 2009
Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Growth: Historical Perspectives from Core-Based Studies
November 2009
USGS Scientists Respond to Deadly Samoa Tsunami
November 2009
USGS Scientist in American Samoa Helps Calm Fresh Tsunami Fears
November 2009
Recent USGS Field Studies of Nearshore Hydrogeologic Exchange and Submarine Groundwater Discharge on U.S. West Coast and Hawai'i
November 2009
Studying the Link Between Arctic Methane Seeps and Degassing Methane Hydrates
October 2009
USGS Dive Team Assists Hydrologists with Contaminant Study in Ashumet Pond, Massachusetts
October 2009
Marine Geophysical Survey of the Virgin Islands Platform Aids in Tsunami-Hazard Assessment
September 2009
2009 Spring Survey Shows Drop in California Sea Otter Numbers
September 2009
Geologic Mapping of Massachusetts Seafloor Includes USGS Summer Intern
September 2009
Catalina or Bust: USGS Group Maps Faults Offshore of Los Angeles
September 2009
Submarine Landslides as Potential Triggers of Tsunamis That Could Strike the U.S. East Coast
August 2009
Photographic Overflight of New England and Mid-Atlantic Coast Provides Baseline for Change Assessments
August 2009
Climate Past, Climate Future: A Story of Aquatic Plants
August 2009
Submarine Groundwater Discharge Along the West Florida Shelf: Is Groundwater an Important Nutrient Source for Florida's Red Tides?
June / July 2009
Significant Gas Resource Discovered in U.S. Gulf of Mexico
June / July 2009
Joint U.S.-Canadian Icebreaker Surveys in the Arctic Ocean
April 2009
Research Cruises Collect Measurements on the West Florida Shelf for Modeling Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
April 2009
USGS Studies Sediment Transport at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
April 2009
Satellite-Tracked Birds from India Will Provide Clues on How Avian Influenza Spreads: International Team Conducts Research
April 2009
Storm Impact, Sea-Floor Change, and Barrier-Island Evolution: Scientists Map the Sea Floor and Stratigraphy Around Ship and Horn Islands, Northern Gulf of Mexico
March 2009
Team Manatee: A Community Working Together to Assess and Protect Manatee Health and Habitat
March 2009
Sea Turtles in the Dry Tortugas: Tracking Movements of Endangered Species in Florida's Coral-Reef Habitats
December 2008
Scientists Discover a New Pacific Iguana and More Clues to a Longtime Mystery
November 2008
A Day in the Life of a Marine Biologist—Tracking Sea Otters off the California Coast
November 2008
Gulf Coast Impacts of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Documented by USGS Extreme-Storms Group
October 2008
California Sea Otters: Population Recovery Continues at Slower Rate
September 2008
Scientists Map Unexplored Arctic Sea Floor
September 2008
Tribal Canoes Towing Underwater Probes in the Salish Sea Attract Widespread Interest, Gather Valuable Water-Quality Data
September 2008
Cold-Water Corals, Habitats, and Paleoclimate in the Drake Passage, Southern Ocean
August 2008
Palos Verdes Shelf Experiment: What Will Happen to the Contaminated Mud?
July 2008
Palos Verdes Shelf Experiment: Whatever Can Go Wrong...
July 2008
Gravity Coring Offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Investigate the Timing of Submarine Landslides and Large Earthquakes
July 2008
USGS Will Collaborate with Coast Salish Indigenous Peoples to Measure Water Quality in the Salish Sea (Puget Sound, Strait of Georgia, and Strait of Juan de Fuca)
May 2008
Calibrating Proxies for the Study of Holocene Climate Change in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
April 2008
Tar Balls from Southern California Seeps Appear on Central California Beaches
April 2008
USGS Researchers Participate in Research Cruise Studying Iron Biogeochemistry in the Gulf of Alaska
March 2008
Sea-Floor Survey Off Key Largo, Florida, Using Along-Track Reef-Imaging System (ATRIS)
March 2008
USGS Researchers Lead International Team Investigating Damage Caused by Offshore Earthquake Near World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant in Japan
Jan. / Feb. 2008
USGS Scientists Investigate Coastal Processes Affecting a Restored Tidal Wetland in the San Francisco Presidio
Jan. / Feb. 2008
USGS Coral-Reef Investigation Featured in the Molokai Times
Jan. / Feb. 2008
Earthquake Swarms in the Puerto Rico Trench Monitored by Ocean-Bottom Seismometers
December 2007
Assessing the Resilience of a Vital Barrier-Island Chain—Chandeleur and Breton Islands, Louisiana
December 2007
Sea-Floor Mapping in the Gulf of Mexico Aboard the Research Vessel Bellows
November 2007
Mapping the Sea Floor Southwest of Santa Rosa Island, California
November 2007
USGS Researchers Collaborate with National Park Service Scientists to Understand the Impact of Watershed Erosion on Coral Reefs in War-in-the-Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
October 2007
Offshore Mapping Captures Tar Seeps in the Santa Barbara Channel, California
September 2007
California Sea Otthers—2007 Survey Count Reaches New High
September 2007
Investigating Submarine Ground Water on Maryland's Eastern Shore
August 2007
New Bathymetric Map of Mona Passage, Northeastern Caribbean, Aids in Earthquake- and Tsunami-Hazard Mitigation
May 2007
Surveying Faults and Sediment Outside the Entrance to San Francisco Bay
March 2007
Studying Submarine Ground-Water Discharge at Dor Beach, Israel
March 2007
Satellites Help Scientists Track Migratory Birds: GPS Latest Tool in Fight Against Avian Influenza
Nov. / Dec. 2006
Effects of Urbanization on Nearshore Ecosystems in Puget Sound: Liberty Bay Pilot Study
Nov. / Dec. 2006
Studying the Elwha River, Washington, in Preparation for Dam Removal
Nov. / Dec. 2006
Massachusetts Sea-Floor Mapping Project Expands to South Shore and Cape Cod Bay
Nov. / Dec. 2006
Invasive Sea Squirts Persist on Georges Bank Fishing Grounds
October 2006
North to Alaska—an Aerial Shoreline Reconnaissance
October 2006
Oil-Spill Exercise Aims for Safe Seas, Protection of National Marine Sanctuaries
September 2006
Mapping the Sea Floor Off Santa Barbara, California
September 2006
Measuring Hurricane Impact—USGS Scientists Map the Louisiana Coastline
August 2006
Studying Submarine Ground-Water Discharge at Santa Barbara, California, and Hood Canal, Washington
August 2006
California Sea-Otter Numbers Dip Again in 2006, But Overall Population Trend Remains Up
August 2006
USGS Scientists Revisit New Orleans Levee Breaks to Collect High-Accuracy Survey Data
May 2006
Impressions of Post-Katrina New Orleans and Mississippi
May 2006
USGS Scientists Investigate Surf-Zone Hydrodynamics at San Francisco's Ocean Beach
April 2006
Eruption of Augustine Volcano Being Monitored by State-of-the-Art Submarine Seismometers
March 2006
USGS and Florida State University Scientists Collaborate on Submarine-Ground-Water-Discharge Study in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
March 2006
USGS Sea-Floor Mapping Group Assists Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Searching for Airplane Wreckage
March 2006
Monitoring Hurricane Wilma's Storm Surge
February 2006
USGS Scientists Investigate New Orleans Levees Broken by Hurricane Katrina
January 2006
Post-Katrina Cleanup in Biloxi, Mississippi—a Volunteer's Reflections
January 2006
USGS Scientists Examine Offshore Impacts of Hurricane Katrina
January 2006
USGS Diving Operations Assist Sediment-Toxicity Studies in Western Long Island Sound
January 2006
USGS, State of Massachusetts, and NOAA Cooperate to Map Sea-Floor Geology Off Massachusetts Coast
January 2006
Alvin Dives to Deep-Water Coral Habitats off New England
January 2006
New Equipment Deployed to Map Sea-Floor Geology in Southern Maine
November 2005
Sea Squirt Colonies Persist on Georges Bank—Found Over More Area, Less Abundant at Some Sites
November 2005
Measuring Hurricane Impacts—USGS Coastal Hazards Team Is Up to the Challenge
October 2005
Sonar Survey of Sea-Floor Habitats Southeast of Santa Barbara, California
October 2005
Drilling for Submarine Ground Water at Cape Cod National Seashore
October 2005
USGS Center in Lafayette, LA, Provides Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
September 2005
Before-and-After Aerial Photographs Show Coastal Impacts of Hurricane Katrina
September 2005
Hydrologic Impacts of Hurricane Dennis on the Florida Panhandle, July 9-14, 2005
September 2005
Along-Track Reef-Imaging System (ATRIS) Used to Survey the Sea Floor in Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida
September 2005
Finding the Needle in a Big Haystack—Locating Surf Scoter Nests in the Northern Boreal Forest
August 2005
USGS Researchers Lead a Collaborative Effort for Further Investigation of the Deep Coral Reef at Pulley Ridge
August 2005
California Sea Otters—2005 Survey Numbers Dip, But Overall Population Trend Remains Positive
August 2005
Coral Coring in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary—a Collaborative Effort
July 2005
Joint Spanish-United States Cruise Investigates Tsunami and Earthquake Hazards in the Northeastern Caribbean
June 2005
Habitat Mapping to Assess Health of Oyster Fishery in Apalachicola Bay, Florida
June 2005
In Search of Submarine Ground-Water Discharge Along the Suwannee River Delta, Florida
June 2005
Paleoshorelines and Spawning Groupers—Deep Diving at the Shelf Edge, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
May 2005
Second Tsunami Causes Damage in Indonesia—USGS Scientists Post Observations on the World Wide Web
April 2005
Why Wasn't There a Larger Tsunami from the Magnitude 8.7 March 28, 2005, Sumatra Earthquake?
April 2005
Assessing Tsunami Impacts in the Republic of Maldives
April 2005
Astonishing Wave Heights Among the Findings of an International Tsunami Survey Team on Sumatra
March 2005
USGS Flood-Response Teams Documented Effects of Hurricane Charley in Southwest-Central Florida in August 2004
March 2005
USGS Geologist Invited to Map Tsunami Impacts in the Maldives
March 2005
Mapping Oyster Beds in Apalachicola Bay, FL
March 2005
USGS Research Vessel G.K. Gilbert Helps Secure Super Bowl XXXIX
March 2005
USGS Scientists Study Sediment Deposited by 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
February 2005
Mapping the Sea Floor on the San Pedro Shelf, Southern California
February 2005
Indian Ocean Earthquake Triggers Deadly Tsunami
January 2005
Could It Happen Here? Tsunamis That Have Struck U.S. Coastlines
January 2005
Deltaic Habitats in Puget Sound—Natural Versus Human-Related Change
January 2005
Invasive Sea Squirt Alive and Well on Georges Bank
January 2005
Ripples for Everyone!—Investigating How Sediment Moves on the Sea Floor
January 2005
Sediment Impacts on Reef Corals in Maui, Hawai'i
November 2004
Putting Radon to Work: Identifying Coastal Ground-Water Discharge Sites
November 2004
Mapping Benthic Habitat Around Oil Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel, California
November 2004
USGS Scientists Gather Images and Information About Recent Hurricanes
October 2004
Drilling Monitoring Wells in Dry Tortugas National Park—Fahrenheit 100, Blue Sky, Blue Water, Crumbling Bricks, and Here Comes Hurricane Charley
October 2004
Persistence of Coral Reefs Under Extreme Environmental Stress in American Samoa
October 2004
USGS Dive Team Completes Installation and Recovery of Samplers in Ashumet Pond, Falmouth, MA
October 2004
Eelgrass in Puget Sound—A New Study of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Zostera marina
September 2004
Microbial Ecology of Deepwater Corals in the Aleutian Islands
September 2004
Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Mapping Coastal Landslide Hazards Along the Big Sur Coast
September 2004
Ground-Truthing Sea-Floor Data with the New Mini SEABOSS—Mapping the South Essex Ocean Sanctuary
August 2004
USGS and WHOI Investigate Gas-Hydrate Mounds on the Gulf of Mexico Sea Floor
August 2004
California Margin's Ancient Volcanic History—MBARI Cruise to California Seamounts
August 2004
Exciting New Discoveries in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
July 2004
USGS Woods Hole Dive Team Deploys Samplers for Study of a Phosphorus Plume
July 2004
California Sea-Otter Numbers Climb for Second Consecutive Year
July 2004
Researchers Study Benthic Habitats in Glacier Bay, Alaska
June 2004
Integrated Science Team Deploys New Tools to Study Submarine Ground Water in North Carolina
June 2004
Coastal Landforms and Historical Shoreline Change on the West Coast of Hawai'i
May 2004
Microbial Life in Perennially Ice Covered Lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
April 2004
Looking for a Needle in a Haystack—Search for Missing Instruments Yields Valuable New Data
March 2004
Studying Submarine Ground Water in Rhode Island Under Arctic Conditions
March 2004
USGS Instruments Record Turbidity Flows in Monterey Canyon, California
February 2004
Mapping National Parks on the Big Island of Hawai'i
February 2004
Geologists and Biologists Endeavor to Understand Seamount Environments Off California
January 2004
Investigating Sediment Transport Off South Carolina—Part of the South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study
January 2004
High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Shallow Sea Floor off Massachusetts
January 2004
USGS Scientists Discover Gas Hydrate in Southern California During Cruise to Study Offshore Landslides, Earthquake Hazards, and Pollution
November 2003
Life in the Deep Gulf of Mexico—Exploring Deep-Water-Coral Habitats
November 2003
Before and After Surveys Document the Impacts of Hurricane Isabel
November 2003
Mapping of the Puerto Rico Trench, the Deepest Part of the Atlantic, is Nearing Completion
October 2003
Studying Underwater Water in the Land of Misty—Chincoteague Bay, Maryland
October 2003
Imaging Remnants of Ancient Landscapes Beneath South Carolina Beaches
September 2003
New USGS Drifters Track Hawai'i Coral Larvae
September 2003
Quantifying Suspended Sediment in Hawaiian Waters With Digital Aerial Imaging
September 2003
Testing High-Resolution Profiling Instruments for Studying Sediment Movement Near the Sea Floor
September 2003
West Maui Coastal Circulation Experiment: Understanding the Movement of Sediment, Coral Larvae, and Contaminants Along Coral Reefs
August 2003
The Flood of June 2003 in Southwest Central Florida
August 2003
USGS Scientists Use the SeaBOSS to Explore What Could Be the Deepest Coral Reef in the Continental United States
July 2003
Gas Hydrate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Has Puzzling Characteristics and Could Pose a Hazard to Deep Drilling
July 2003
California Sea Otter Numbers Are Up for the 2003 Census
July 2003
Multipronged Scientific Assault on North Carolina's Outer Banks
June 2003
Using the SeaBED AUV for Geologic and Benthic-Habitat Studies of the Sea Floor
May 2003
Integrated Science in the Suwannee River Estuary
May 2003
Voyage to Recover and Redeploy Instruments in the Adriatic Sea—the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
April 2003
USGS Researchers Collaborate with National Park Service Archeologists to Better Predict the Life Expectancy of the USS Arizona
January 2003
USGS Participates in Sediment-Transport Cruise in the Adriatic Sea
January 2003
Sea-Floor Mapping Goes Inland, to Bear Lake in Utah and Idaho
January 2003
Lidar Mapping of Vegetation at Assateague Island National Seashore—a First Look
January 2003
Field-Testing the New USGS Portable Auger Drilling System (PADS) in Louisiana and South Carolina
January 2003
Seagrass Restoration in Tampa Bay
November 2002
Scientists Track Pintail-Duck Migration to Learn More About the Species' Population Decline
November 2002
Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs: Testing the Waters at Biscayne National Park
November 2002
USGS, University of New Hampshire, and NOAA Cooperate in Exploring the Puerto Rico Trench
November 2002
Gas Hydrate Studied in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
September 2002
Research Vessel Marion Dufresne Cores Tampa Bay, Florida
September 2002
Recent Cruise Completed for the North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Study
September 2002
On the Road to Recovery—the Endangered White Abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) off Southern California
September 2002
Radios Lead Researchers to Nests of Elusive Marbled Murrelets
September 2002
Survey of Offshore Hazards in Southern California
August 2002
U.S. and Canadian Scientists Map Georges Bank Geology and Habitats
August 2002
California Sea Otter Numbers Slide for Second Straight Year
July 2002
Coring to Study Sediment Dispersal in Lake Mead, Nevada
July 2002
Sediment Study to Improve Salmon and Trout Habitat in Northern California Reservoir
July 2002
Mapping Sediment Distribution and Thickness in Lake Mohave
June 2002
Joint USGS/NOAA Cruise Samples Contaminants near San Francisco
May 2002
Ground-Truthing Coral-Reef Maps Produced from Remote-Sensing Data
May 2002
Gas-Hydrate Research Wells Completed in the Canadian Arctic
April 2002
Recent Flood-Derived Sediment Collected on Moloka'i's Coral Reef
April 2002
Caribbean Coral-Reef Ecologist Studies Dust from the African Sahel
March 2002
There's Room for Shorebirds, Too
February 2002
Geophysical Survey of the Northwest Australian Margin
February 2002
USAID/USGS/Honduras Hurricane Mitch Program: Coral Reef Health in the Bay Islands of Honduras
January 2002
Fluvial Discharge of Black Carbon and Its Role in the Global Carbon Cycle
January 2002
Seismic Surveys in Canals of Miami
January 2002
Woods Hole Field Center Diving Team Completes Deployments for Water Investigations
January 2002
Geophysical Survey of Hawaiian Coral Reefs
November 2001
Sediment Study in Bonneville Reservoir on the Columbia River
November 2001
USGS Collaboration with the NPS: Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Future Sea-Level Rise within the National Parks
October 2001
Dust Collecting in the Caribbean
October 2001
Pinellas County Beach Study: Measuring the "Health" of Florida Beaches
October 2001
SHOALS Mapping of Northern Lake Michigan Trout-Spawning Reefs
October 2001
Monitoring the Coral Reef Off Moloka'i, Hawai'i
September 2001
North Carolina Coastal Sedimentary System Cruises
September 2001
Beginning the Search for Offshore Oil Seeps Near Point Conception, California
September 2001
USGS Scientists Team Up with National Geographic's Sustainable Seas Expedition to Explore Deep Reefs at Pulley Ridge
August 2001
Mapping Southern Puget Sound Delta Fronts After the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake
July 2001
Core Drilling in Biscayne National Park
July 2001
Spring Multibeam Cruise in Glacier Bay Provides Spectacular Images
July 2001
Successful Deployment of Tripods and Moorings Off Southern California, Or Ten Fingers, Ten Toes, and a Clear Deck at the End of the Day . . .
July 2001
The Great Blue Hole of Belize
June 2001
CMG Joins National Marine Fisheries Service in Channel Islands Cruise
June 2001
Lake Mead Mapping Completed
June 2001
The Ecology of Oil Seeps in Central California
May 2001
NASA EAARL Lidar Test at Wallops Flight Facility
April 2001
Natural (Background) Hydrocarbon Contamination in Gulf of Alaska Sediments
March 2001
Ubiquitous Coastal-Tar Residues on Santa Rosa Island, Offshore Southern California
January 2001
Groundwater Discharge to Delmarva Coastal Bays: CMG, WRD, and Surface Processes Hoverprobe Team Conduct First Open-Water Surveys
November 2000
Red Grouper Habitats in Florida Bay
October 2000
USGS Divers at Turners Falls
October 2000
Long Island Sound Environmental Synthesis
October 2000
USGS Assists in Recovery of the Civil War Submarine H.L. Hunley
September 2000
CMG Maps Bottom of Crater Lake, Oregon
September 2000
CMG Scientist Observes, Assists Biologists Studying Nearshore Habitat in Lake Erie
September 2000
Continued Benthic-Habitat Mapping and Submersible Dives in the Channel Islands
September 2000
Most Detailed Map to Date of the Pinnacles Area—A Deep-Reef Fish Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
September 2000
Gulf of Maine Study
September 2000
USGS Collaborates with Biscayne National Park on Coral-Reef Research
August 2000
Santa Monica Bay Instruments Recovered
August 2000
Salvage for Science
August 2000
Joint USGS-Monterey Bay Aquarium Cruise
August 2000
WHFC Cooperative Dives in Snake Pond
July 2000
Streamer-Resistivity Surveys in Delaware Inland Bays Delineate Submarine Fresh Water
July 2000
Update on Barataria Barrier-Shoreline Feasibility Study
July 2000
OBS Recovery off Puerto Rico
July 2000
Seismic and Sidescan Sonar Survey in Lake Mead, Nevada
July 2000
Puerto Rico OBS Study
June 2000
Shelf-Edge Habitats in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico—Multi-Agency, Interdisciplinary Field Work
June 2000
ROV Groundtruthing, Northern Channel Islands, California
June 2000
New York Bight Field Experiment: Recovery Cruise
May 2000
Update on Coral-Reef Research in Honduras
May 2000
Biologic Monitoring Sites Enhance Hawai'i Coral Reef Studies
April 2000
Cruise News from the R/V G.K. Gilbert
April 2000
Chesapeake Bay Cruise
April 2000
CMG Coral Reef Studies Featured in Moloka'i's Newspaper
March 2000
Moloka'i Reef Study—Part 2
March 2000
Massachusetts Bay Cruise
March 2000
Tripods Deployed for Studies of Sediment and Pollutant Transport off Southern California, or CMG Scientists Loan More Gear to Neptune
February 2000
CMG Scientists Study Blast-Induced Liquefaction of Artificial Fill in San Francisco Bay and Determine Soil-Density Changes with Ground-Penetrating Radar
February 2000
Moorings Deployed in the Hudson Shelf Valley, Offshore New York
January 2000
Marine Geologic Mapping of Nearshore Region off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
December 1999
Joint USGS/Wesleyan University Long Island Sound Cruise
December 1999
Coral Reef Studies on Moloka'i: a Progress Report
December 1999
Inner-Shelf-Mapping Cruise off Northern North Carolina Outer Banks
December 1999
Sidescan-Sonar Study of Benthic Habitat off Southern California
December 1999
USGS Heads to Lake Tanganyika to Study Delivery of River-Borne Contaminants
November 1999
USGS Evaluates and Establishes Monitoring Station at Cayos Cochinos, Honduras
November 1999
Sedimentologic Engineering in Grand Canyon
November 1999
Ground-Penetrating Radar Examines Sand Bars in Grand Canyon
November 1999
R/V Fast Eddy on Medicine Lake
November 1999
SWASH Project Prepares for Winter Storms
November 1999
Third Quarter Cruise News: R/V G.K. Gilbert
November 1999
Busy Hurricane Season for Coastal and Marine's Extreme Storm Impact Project
October 1999
CMG Multibeam Map Guides Sustainable Seas Exploration in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
October 1999
Seeing the Bottom Provides a New Perspective and Complements Multibeam Surveys
September 1999
Bathymetric Data from Waverunners
September 1999
Sediment Sampling Off Southern California
August 1999
Southern California Earthquake Hazards
August 1999
Marion Dufresne Coring in Chesapeake Bay
August 1999
Woods Hole Field Center-NMFS Second Joint Benthic Habitat Cruise on Georges Bank
August 1999
Biohabitat Studies in Glacier Bay National Park
August 1999
Woods Hole Dive Team Deploys Samplers for WRD Plume Study
August 1999
Woods Hole Staff Deploys Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) off Los Angeles
August 1999
Sediment Transport Research and Sidescan-Sonar Surveying in the Grand Canyon
July 1999
Gulf of Mexico Cruise
July 1999
USGS-NMFS Benthic Habitat Cruise to Closed Area on Georges Bank
July 1999
News from the Channel Islands
July 1999
Lake Mead: UNLV Cooperative Cruise
July 1999
Second Quarter Cuise News: R/V G.K. Gilbert
July 1999
Great Bahama Bank, R/V Quest
July 1999
Navassa Island Field Trip
June 1999
First Quarter Cruise News: R/V G.K. Gilbert
June 1999
Florida Wetlands Project Work
June 1999
Recent Activities in the Western Region Benthic Habitat Project: Cruising Above and Below the Surface
May 1999
Spectrolaserwizardry
May 1999
USGS Looks at Moloka'i's Coral Reefs
May 1999
1999 GLOBEC/George's Bank Mooring Deployment Cruise: A Photo Essay
May 1999
Geophysical Studies of Lake Titicaca Provide Paleoclimate Insights
March 1999
Massachusetts Bay Cruise
March 1999
Cruise News: R/V David Johnson
March 1999
Cruise News: R/V G.K. Gilbert
February 1999
First Shear Strength Measurements on Gas Hydrate Cemented Sediments Are Part of Preliminary Results of Tests on Gas Hydrate Cores from the Mackenzie Delta, NWT, Canada
January 1999
Deep-Water Moorings Successfully Recovered
January 1999
Coastal SWATH Does Well in Tests
January 1999
Great South Channel and Cape Cod National Seashore Imagery
January 1999
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