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Dec. 2018 / Jan. 2019 Issue of Sound Waves

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Florida's Coral Reefs Provide Window into the Past

USGS study finds most have grown little in 3000 years

Before and After: Coastal Change Caused by Hurricane Michael

The USGS scientists are analyzing the photos, which document the hurricane's impact on the coast, to fine-tune coastal change forecasting models

Evolution of a Breach

USGS tracks evolution of a Fire Island hurricane-made breach

USGS Scientist Meets Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen at Film Debut

New educational video features USGS contributing research that helps address the impacts of ocean acidification

Hurricane Sandy Fire Island Regional Study

New data for understanding coastal processes and vulnerability

Sea Floor Erodes, Reefs Can't Keep Up

Coastal communities lose protection as degrading coral reefs are outpaced by sea level rise

Sediment Data from Breton Island, LA

Sediment data collected in 2014 and 2015 from Breton and Gosier Islands, Breton National Wildlife Refuge, LA

Beach Profiles for Fire Island Updated May 2017

Elevation data along beach profiles have been measured quarterly since Hurricane Sandy made landfall in 2012.

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USGS scientist invited to present at Friends of Pinellas Master Naturalists annual meeting

USGS Research Oceanographer receives international award

USGS scientists publish long-read microbiome sequences from temperate coral, providing community resource for probe and primer design

USGS scientists collect and redeploy Gulf of Mexico Sediment

USGS SPCMSC staff participate in the Tools Showcase at Coastal GeoTools Conference 2019

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