Scientists Shade Corals
Emergency efforts to rescue corals and evaluate methods will help guide management and restoration
Florida corals are bleaching due to high water temperatures
As much of the world grapples with historic heat waves exacerbated by climate change and the ongoing El Nino event, ocean temperatures are also on the rise.
New Research Reveals Alarming Future for California's Coastline
Meet the Coastal Science Navigator
Learn more about this new product to help you find useful USGS coastal data and tools
A window of opportunity for coastal resilience
How coral restoration could help mitigate the effects of sea-level rise
Learn how wetlands can naturally help with climate change impacts
Coral Reefs as National, Natural Infrastructure
USGS Research Geologist Curt Storlazzi explains how healthy coral reefs in places like the Caribbean and Pacific Islands serve as national, natural infrastructure
Deep-Sea Expedition with USGS, NOAA, and BOEM Explores West Coast Wind Sites
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program
Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program scientists and staff study coastal and ocean resources and processes from shorelines and estuaries to the continental shelf and deep sea.
News
Modeling Wave Dynamics to Assess Coastal Erosion Threats Along Alaska's Arctic Coast
Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) Update
Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior joined staff from the USGS and Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources for roundtable discussion and press event on climate adaptation science and partnerships at the University of Puerto Rico
Publications
Forecasting storm-induced coastal flooding for 21st century sea-level rise scenarios in the Hawaiian, Mariana, and American Samoan Islands
Georeferencing of terrestrial radar images in geomonitoring using kernel correlation
Two centuries of southwest Iceland annually-resolved marine temperature reconstructed from Arctica islandica shells
Iceland's exposure to major ocean current pathways of the central North Atlantic makes it a useful location for developing long-term proxy records of past marine climate. Such records provide more detailed understanding of the full range of past variability which is necessary to improve predictions of future changes. We constructed a 225-year (1791–2015 CE) master shell growth chronology from 29 s