Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Canadian Geological Survey jointly conducted bathymetric surveys (mapping of sea-floor depths) and seismic-reflection surveys (imaging of rock and sediment layers beneath the sea floor) in the Beaufort Sea, a part of the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska and western Canada.MORE) |
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, is leading an effort to understand the regional sediment dynamics along the coastline of North and South Carolina. (MORE) |
Global sea level is rising, and there is evidence that the rate is accelerating. Increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, primarily from human contributions, are very likely warming the atmosphere and oceans.(MORE) |