By the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center The erodibility of bed sediment in estuaries can shape everything from water clarity to habitat quality, and influences the magnitude of sediment transport. While scientists largely understand how bed sediments in...
Satellite data reveals what is driving land loss across river deltas worldwide. By Chloe Baul In some of the world’s most crowded coastal regions, the ground is dropping faster than the sea is rising, putting millions of people at risk,...
Earth’s oceans absorbed unprecedented heat last year, intensifying hurricanes, floods and droughts while driving sea levels higher. By Jeremy Yurow,...
By Jennifer Mueller, Natural Resource Specialist The BLM Applegate Field Office is celebrating a remarkable transformation at Fitzhugh Creek Meadow, where nearly a decade of partnership-driven restoration is delivering clear and inspiring results. The meadow’s recovery began in the 1980s,...
From the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program: The Wetlands and Flood Risk Reduction StoryMap was developed to support the SF Estuary Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program‘s People and Wetlands Workgroup’s priority of understanding how wetland restoration can reduce coastal hazards and...
From UC Berkeley’s Rausser College of Natural Resources Trees along riparian corridors are both vital biodiversity hotspots and incredibly important...
By Bethany Bradley, UMass Amherst; Adrienne Wootten, University of Oklahoma, and Ryan Longman, University of Hawaii When the Trump administration began freezing federal funding for climate and ecosystem research, one of the programs hit hard was ours: the U.S. Geological...
