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A Changing Marsh: The Past, Present, and Future of Grand Bay

A Changing Marsh: The Past, Present, and Future of Grand Bay

Coastal marshes are important habitats that serve as buffer zones between the land and the sea. However, many are at severe risk from increasing...

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New USGS Geonarrative: A Century of Change in Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama

New USGS Geonarrative: A Century of Change in Grand Bay, Mississippi and Alabama

The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center’s Estuarine and MaRsh Geology (EMRG) group published a new USGS geonarrative on the extensive...

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Coastal and Marine Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Opportunities

Coastal and Marine Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Opportunities

The U.S. Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program is seeking candidates for eight Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research...

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Keys to Collaboration - Research Teams Work Together to Study Reef Erosion in the Florida Keys

Keys to Collaboration - Research Teams Work Together to Study Reef Erosion in the Florida Keys

Two teams from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center (SPCMSC) traveled to the Florida Keys this summer, collaborating to better...

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Photo Roundup - July-August 2022

Photo Roundup - July-August 2022

A selection of coastal and ocean videos and photographs from across the USGS.

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Team traveled to Puerto Rico to deploy instruments for coastal change hazards research

Team traveled to Puerto Rico to deploy instruments for coastal change hazards research

A team from the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science in collaboration with the Caribbean Florida Water Science Center installed CoastCams...

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Dr. Madelyn Mette will travel to Norway to collect clam shells that can provide records of North Atlantic Current system

Dr. Madelyn Mette will travel to Norway to collect clam shells that can provide records of North Atlantic Current system

Dr. Mette of the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will work with partners in Norway to collect shells from clams (Artica islandica) to...

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New collaborative project on geochemical boundary fluxes to West Florida Shelf funded by the National Science Foundation

New collaborative project on geochemical boundary fluxes to West Florida Shelf funded by the National Science Foundation

A team of researchers, including Dr. Christopher G. Smith of the U.S. Geological Survey St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, received a...

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Coral Reef “Oases”: New Study Provides Clues to Locate Resilient Reef Communities

Coral Reef “Oases”: New Study Provides Clues to Locate Resilient Reef Communities

New models developed by an international team including USGS researchers could predict and explain the locations of resilient coral reef communities...

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Drs. Emily Wei and Jennifer Miselis published a manuscript describing the controls of geology, human modifications to the shoreline, and waves on shoreface morphology

Drs. Emily Wei and Jennifer Miselis published a manuscript describing the controls of geology, human modifications to the shoreline, and waves on shoreface morphology

SPCMSC Research Geologists Emily Wei and Jennifer Miselis published a new paper titled, “Geologic Framework, Anthropogenic Impacts, and Hydrodynamics...

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SPCMSC scientists publish a database of lidar derived topo-bathy cross-shore profiles and characteristics for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico sandy coastlines

SPCMSC scientists publish a database of lidar derived topo-bathy cross-shore profiles and characteristics for the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico sandy coastlines

A manuscript describing the generation of this profile database was published along with a USGS data release that includes the latest available...

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