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Booklet from St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center wins two national awards

Booklet from St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center wins two national awards

The publication, “Coastal and Marine Science of the U.S. Geological Survey in St. Petersburg, Florida” has won a first-place Blue Pencil Award from...

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USGS and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Present at Marine and River Dune Dynamics Conference in Rennes, France

USGS and U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Present at Marine and River Dune Dynamics Conference in Rennes, France

Dr. Donya Frank-Gilchrist of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, and Dr. Allison Penko of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory...

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Photo Roundup - Earth Day 2023 Special Issue

Photo Roundup - Earth Day 2023 Special Issue

Every day, scientists across the USGS strive to provide robust scientific data, knowledge, and tools that can be used by citizens across our nation to...

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USGS and international team identify the pathogen responsible for 2022 die-off of long-spined sea urchins (Diadema antillarum) across the Caribbean

USGS and international team identify the pathogen responsible for 2022 die-off of long-spined sea urchins (Diadema antillarum) across the Caribbean

A fatal pathogen affecting the long-spined sea urchin decimated populations of this important herbivore in the 1980s. A similar disease emerged in...

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Kara Doran invited to speak at the 2023 National Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Workshop

Kara Doran invited to speak at the 2023 National Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Workshop

Kara will present USGS Coastal Change Hazards tools for restoration and resiliency to the NRDAR community of practitioners as part of an oral session...

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USGS will sponsor, attend, and present at the 2023 Coastal Sediments conference in New Orleans

USGS will sponsor, attend, and present at the 2023 Coastal Sediments conference in New Orleans

Staff from four science centers will represent USGS at this year’s Coastal Sediments conference and exhibit how current bureau initiatives are...

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Dr. Legna Torres-García was an invited panelist at the NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel in Puerto Rico

Dr. Legna Torres-García was an invited panelist at the NOAA Hydrographic Services Review Panel in Puerto Rico

Legna presented on the probabilities of hurricane-induced coastal erosion in Puerto Rico as part of a panel about coastal resilience planning in the U...

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SPCMSC Scientists Co-Author Meta-Analysis of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Microbiome

SPCMSC Scientists Co-Author Meta-Analysis of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Microbiome

SPCMSC Research Microbiologist Dr. Christina Kellogg and Research Marine Biologist Dr. James Evans, along with fellow USGS scientist W. Bane Schill...

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SPCMSC scientists will conduct sediment sampling at the Chandeleur Islands, LA

SPCMSC scientists will conduct sediment sampling at the Chandeleur Islands, LA

SPCMSC USGS scientists Julie Bernier, Nancy DeWitt, Andy Farmer, Rose Palermo, and Erin Lyons (Cherokee Nation Systems Solutions) will travel to the...

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Dr. Ilsa Kuffner will provide public lecture on coral reef research to guide restoration

Dr. Ilsa Kuffner will provide public lecture on coral reef research to guide restoration

Research Marine Biologist Dr. Ilsa Kuffner of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will present, “Coral Reefs in Crisis – Science...

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USGS participated in the first global assessment of oxygen loss on coral reefs

USGS participated in the first global assessment of oxygen loss on coral reefs

An international team of researchers, led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, including USGS Research Oceanographer Dr. Kim Yates...

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SPCMSC scientists to commence new coral study in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, with the National Park Service

SPCMSC scientists to commence new coral study in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, with the National Park Service

A team from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will assist the National Park Service in starting a new experiment tracking the...

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