Sound Waves Newsletter - January-March 2020
USGS announces the release of the decadal science strategy for the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, USGS coastal and marine research strongly represented at the 2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting, USGS collects 12-year time series of climate data from the Gulf of America, and more in this January-March 2020 issue of Sound Waves.
USGS Coastal and Marine Science Centers Represented in Full Force at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 in San Diego
More than 20 USGS scientists from all three Coastal and Marine Science Centers attended the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 in San Diego February 16-21.
Sediment Trap in Gulf of America Recovered for the Last Time, Marking the Culmination of a 12-year Time Series of Climate Data Collection
By understanding modern changes in temperature, and therefore past changes in the climate of the Gulf of America, scientists can better predict climate changes in Earth’s future– just by studying teeny tiny forams.
FeMn crust composition on seamounts in the west-central Pacific Ocean
First detailed, large-scale study of parameters that control ferromanganese crust composition on seamounts in the west-central Pacific Ocean
Recent Fieldwork - January-March 2020
In the first quarter of 2020, USGS scientists surveyed mangrove coral habitats in Florida, set up instruments in American Samoa to study coral reef damage, collected data from the Gulf of America, San Francisco and Stanford, California, and Washington state.
News Briefs - January-March 2020
Coastal and marine news highlights from across the USGS
Photo Roundup - January-March 2020
A selection of coastal and marine images from across the USGS