U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey USGS Science in Support of Coastal Issues October 9, 2015 John Haines Acting Associate Director,

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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey USGS Science in Support of Coastal Issues October 9, 2015 John Haines Acting Associate Director, Natural Hazards U.S. Geological Survey

Coastal Marine Geology Program Past Regional Cooperative Studies -Louisiana Barrier Islands -Louisiana Subsidence -South Carolina Coastal Erosion -S. Lake Michigan Coastal Erosion -Lake Erie Coastal Erosion -Florida Gulf of Mexico Wetlands -West Central Florida Coastal Erosion -Southwest Washington Coastal Erosion -Hawaii Coastal Erosion -North Carolina Coastal Erosion -MassBay/Boston Harbor Contaminants -Southern California Shelf Contaminants

-Fire Island Coastal Erosion -DelMarVa Coastal Erosion -Gulf of Mexico Barrier Island Evolution -California Coastal Change -Florida/Caribbean Corals -Hawaii/Pacific Corals -Puget Sound Restoration Regional Cooperative Studies Today Marine Transgression Erosion of Headland Source of Holocene Sediment ~160M cubic meters 10 km ~200M cubic meters eroded SW Sediment Flux Shoreline Position at 8000 years B.P. Outwash Headland Integration of Geologic and Shoreline Structure and Change Long-term and hurricane-driven shoreline change Comparison of modeled and observed sediment thickness change Seafloor Mapping Oceanographic Deployments Modeling

Building National Capacity to Anticipate and Respond to Coastal Change Hazards Storms, Erosion and Climate Change -Geologic, Geomorphic and Oceanographic Observations -Research -Models, Forecasts, and Assessments -Delivery Mechanisms

Forecasting Storm Vulnerability Pre-Sandy (2010) vulnerability 20% of Fire Island was likely to overwash Post-Sandy (2012) vulnerability 70% of Fire Island is likely to overwash EROSION OVERWASH INUNDATION EROSION OVERWASH INUNDATION

Ensuring Maximum Impact Mapping California State Waters Coastal National Elevation (CoNED) Datasets Predicted Mobility of Oil/Sand “Tarballs”

Corals Florida-based project looks at (1) Reef history, (2) Reef Geomorphology, (3) Reef Geochemistry, (4) Calcification Regional studies indicate increase in reef calcification in Dry Tortugas National Park, while loss at all other locations.

Coastal Change Hazards Portal

Forecast of Coastal Impacts for Named Storms

Opportunities & Challenges Making science actionable Communicating risk Building Research Infrastructure Data, models, field capacity Setting Research Priorities National, regional, local Addressing Complexity and Change