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Golden salt marsh along a tidal creek, with a line of maritime forest behind
Salt marsh, James Island, January 2019

Earth Access

A small geoscience company in Charleston, South Carolina. We consult on coastal geology and sensor networks, and build tools for coastal data.

Authoring

Earth Access Authoring

Where authors prepare JATS-compliant manuscripts and submit their work.

Publishing

The Earth Access journals

  • Earth Access Geoscience
    Publishes undergraduate geoscience research and data that would otherwise sit unpublished on a shelf. First issue December 2026.

Services

Consulting

  • Geological services
    Coastal erosion, nuisance flooding, monitoring, geophysical surveys, expert witness testimony, drone campaigns and GNSS positioning.
  • Real-time Sensor Networks
    Sensor networks designed, developed and installed for urban, rural and agricultural sites.

Tools

Coastal data

  • Earth Access FloodNet
    Live, measured coastal and stream water levels from NOAA, USGS and community stations, in NAVD88 or MLLW.
  • Earth Access GIS
    Interactive coastal data for the South Carolina coast, starting with the tide at every NISAR satellite overpass.
  • Storms
    Why MLLW, MLW and NAVD88 disagree, and where to find water-level and storm data.