Coastal and Ocean Resources

BeachObserver

Promote citizen science, develop baseline data, analyze change

Anywhere

Ongoing

Citizen ScienceEcology & EnvironmentOcean Water MarineNature & OutdoorsBiologyAnimalsGeographyEducationSocial ScienceGeology & Earth ScienceBirdsobservationsmonitoringcitizen scienceshorelinebeachwildlifepollutionmarine debris

Ghosts of the Coast

Document the formation of ghost forests.

Multiple locations, including yours!

Ongoing

Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEducationEcology & Environmentcordgrassfloridaregenerationsaltwatertributariesdroughtvirginiawildfiresshorelinecoastal educationwetlandsseawaterblackwater national refugesapgeologysalt tolerant plantssawgrassforestgeorgiaestuarysurvey123delaware baysoilspartina patenssea level risefloodtree stumpdelmarva peninsulalow elevationgroundwatertree deathghosts of the coastnew jerseyblue crabpineblack needle rushland conversionstormchesapeake baychanging landscapecoastal marine ecologydead treesrising seasdisturbancechanging shorelinesalt stresskilling treeshurricanemarinemarshphragmitestideclimate changenew yorkkeryn gedannorth carolinasomerset countycoastal ecologysalinecattus islandsalt water intrusionfloodingsaltwater marshsalteast coastcoastalriverbanksaltwater marshesmaritime forestthe george washington universityswampprime hook national wildlife refugeecologytidal inundationmid atlanticbleached treessouth carolinadying forestgedan labcedareastern shoremarsh migrationglobal warmingstorymapdying treesstumpgeographydelawareghost forestsalt waterwoodmullica river estuarymarylandsalt tolerantsweet gumvirginia coast reserve

Center for Coastal Studies

Lobster Trap ID Tag Report

Document and analyze trap tag distribution

Anywhere

Ongoing

Citizen Sciencelitter water plastic pollutionwaterdebrisplastic marine debrisenvironmentplastic pollutionmarine plastic environment littermarine debris marine