Coastal and Marine Geology Program website wins Shoemaker awardThe USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program website (http://marine.usgs.gov/) has won the USGS 2015 Shoemaker Award for Communication Product Excellence in the Internet Product category.
How Sediment Transport Sways Wetland Stability
USGS examines the role of variables like tides and suspended sediment concentration to improve methods of evaluating coastal wetlandsThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Community for Data Integration (CDI) presents its Leadership and Innovation Award to a community member for outstanding contributions in guiding USGS data integration activities through the CDI working groups. The award is meant to recognize someone who brings new ideas to life and provides unwavering leadership in producing tangible results that will improve data integration, access, and discovery. The awardee actively seeks collaborative approaches, embraces new perspectives, and provides a stimulating forum to address on-the-ground data integration needs of the community. Through this leadership, the awardee’s contributions move the CDI, and on a broader scale, the USGS and its partners, forward to a more integrated data landscape that ultimately advances USGS science.
Erika Lentz and Rob Thieler, research geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, MA, discuss sea-level rise Erika Lentz and Rob Thieler, research geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, MA provide options for a practical response to sea-level rise, including armoring where necessary, elevating structures, and moving out of vulnerable areas to limit our hazard exposure and provide room for the landscape and ecosystems to adapt.
Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow Joins Hurricane Sandy Estuarine Physical Response ProjectIn March 2015, Dan Nowacki joined the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Dan is a Mendenhall Research Fellow working primarily with USGS research oceanographer Neil Ganju as part of the Estuarine Physical Response to Storms project. He is developing techniques to quantify the role of vegetation in the response and resilience of coastal areas to large storm events. Using a combination of numerical modeling techniques and field measurements, he will work to better understand how a variety of vegetation types modify waves and associated sediment-transport processes. Although coastal vegetation is generally thought to mitigate wave action and storm surge, the specific dynamics of the interaction remain poorly known; this work could ultimately help coastal planners understand the role of natural ecosystems in storm protection.
This Woman ROCKS!Many people spend years trying to
find their “dream job,” but USGS
Marine Geologist, Dr. Laura Brothers,
is one of the lucky few who
has already found hers.
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center's Geology Team is one of three marine teams
that conduct research within the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program. The team is located on WHOI's Quissett Campus. The team has a staff of about 100, including 24 research scientists and 75 scientific and administrative support staff. USGS earth scientists explore and study many aspects of the underwater areas between shorelines and the deep ocean off the U.S. East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and in parts of the Caribbean and Great Lakes.
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