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Processes Impacting Seafloor Change & Ecosystem Services (PISCES) project team invited to present at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Committee Meeting

Processes Impacting Seafloor Change & Ecosystem Services (PISCES) project team invited to present at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Committee Meeting

The U.S. Geological Survey’s PISCES project aims to identify the causes and consequences of seafloor erosion to guide coral restoration strategies in...

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SPCMSC team travels to Panama City, Florida to collect seafloor data to inform future engineering with nature study

SPCMSC team travels to Panama City, Florida to collect seafloor data to inform future engineering with nature study

Scientists from the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center are traveling to St. Andrews Bay in Panama City to collect multibeam bathymetry...

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Dr. Christina Kellogg was interviewed and featured in an article by the American Society for Microbiology

Dr. Christina Kellogg was interviewed and featured in an article by the American Society for Microbiology

Dr. Kellogg provided background about her research on coral diseases and deep-sea corals, and why understanding the microbiology of corals is...

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Changes to the Coastline Can Affect Where, and How Severely, Flooding Occurs

Changes to the Coastline Can Affect Where, and How Severely, Flooding Occurs

The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 through November 30. Throughout the season, the U.S. Geological Survey will be providing science...

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USGS Coastal Change Hazards team presented at the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Policy Analysis Seminar

USGS Coastal Change Hazards team presented at the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Policy Analysis Seminar

A group of researchers from across the USGS Coastal Change Hazards community presented on, “Providing Data and Tools for Resilient Coastal Resources...

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Caitlin Reynolds is out at sea to continue a study on sediment flux in the Gulf of Mexico

Caitlin Reynolds is out at sea to continue a study on sediment flux in the Gulf of Mexico

Caitlin departed on the R/V Weatherbird II last weekend to collect samples from, and redeploy, sediment traps in the Gulf of Mexico. She will be...

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Coral Microbial Ecology Team participates in Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration expedition to Gulf of Mexico

Coral Microbial Ecology Team participates in Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities Restoration expedition to Gulf of Mexico

SPCMSC scientists Christina Kellogg and James Evans will go to sea as part of the Coral Propagation Technique Development Project, a part of the...

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St. Petersburg staff participated in Science Spectacular at local school

St. Petersburg staff participated in Science Spectacular at local school

Dr. Legna Torres-Garcia and Meaghan Emory of the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center visited the LCC Day School Science Spectacular to...

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Cross-center team testing seafloor structure-from-motion technology in Tampa Bay

Cross-center team testing seafloor structure-from-motion technology in Tampa Bay

Scientists, engineers, and staff from the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) are at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science...

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SPCMSC team traveled to Seven Mile Island, New Jersey, to collect seafloor data to inform studies on barrier island change and sediment budget

SPCMSC team traveled to Seven Mile Island, New Jersey, to collect seafloor data to inform studies on barrier island change and sediment budget

The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center sent a large crew to Seven Mile Island to collect single beam bathymetry in the nearshore and...

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Estuarine and Marsh Geology team conducted field work in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Estuarine and Marsh Geology team conducted field work in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Dr. Kathryn Smith and Joseph Terrano visited Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (GBNERR) last week to deploy oceanographic sensors in the...

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Dr. Davina Passeri invited to present at NOAA Coastal Ocean Modeling Science Seminar

Dr. Davina Passeri invited to present at NOAA Coastal Ocean Modeling Science Seminar

Dr. Davina Passeri of the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center will present a talk titled, “Stakeholder engagement to inform decision...

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