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# Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

WARC conducts relevant and objective research, develops new approaches and technologies, and disseminates scientific information needed to understand, manage, conserve, and restore wetlands and other aquatic and coastal ecosystems and their associated plant and animal communities throughout the nation and the world. 

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## News

Event: Explore USGS Careers in the Southeast 2024

July 3, 2024

####   Event: Explore USGS Careers in the Southeast 2024

USGS scientists find new relationship between elevation change and wetland loss in Mississippi River Delta

June 26, 2024

####   USGS scientists find new relationship between elevation change and wetland loss in Mississippi River Delta

Traversing the Sea for Science: How USGS Uses the Federal Fleet to Study Natural Hazards, Resources, and More

June 9, 2024

####   Traversing the Sea for Science: How USGS Uses the Federal Fleet to Study Natural Hazards, Resources, and More

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## Publications

September 25, 2024

####                 Projected sea-level rise and high tide flooding at San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico              

Ecosystems Mission Area, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

September 12, 2024

####                 Projected sea-level rise and high tide flooding at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida              

Ecosystems Mission Area, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

September 3, 2024

####                 Current and future potential net greenhouse gas sinks of existing, converted, and restored marsh and mangrove forest habitats              

Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

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September 20, 2024

####                 Decision Support for Managers Restoring Texas Coastal Marshes with Beneficial Use of Dredged Material              

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

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September 20, 2024

####   Decision Support for Managers Restoring Texas Coastal Marshes with Beneficial Use of Dredged Material

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September 9, 2024

####                 A Case Study Assessing the Cumulative Effects of Deepwater Horizon Restoration Projects on Barrier Island/Barrier Shoreline Ecosystem Resilience in the North-central Gulf of Mexico              

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center 

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September 9, 2024

####   A Case Study Assessing the Cumulative Effects of Deepwater Horizon Restoration Projects on Barrier Island/Barrier Shoreline Ecosystem Resilience in the North-central Gulf of Mexico

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August 27, 2024

####                 Barrier Island Habitat Mapping for the Louisiana Outer Coast Project              

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August 27, 2024

####   Barrier Island Habitat Mapping for the Louisiana Outer Coast Project

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