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BLOG POST Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals Many animals depend on their eyes to navigate, find food, locate mates, and for other important activities. But marine mammals often rely on sound—sometimes far more than sight—for such crit...MORE STORIES


	OCEAN STORY MORE STORIES The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Two Years Later On April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig Deepwater Horizon caused...
	VIDEO MORE VIDEOS Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves At Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the effec...
	BLOG POST MORE STORIES Witness to a Plastic Invasion It blew in for two solid days: a flotilla of plastic forks, soda bottles, rubber...

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					The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May 6, 2013 - 8:10AMThe “garbage patches,” as referred to in the media, are areas of marine debris concentration in the North Pacific Ocean, circulated by the North Pacific gyre. The gyre spreads across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the western US...

Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves

Apr 26, 2013 - 9:47AM

At Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the...

Oil’s Impact on Marine Invertebrates

Oct 9, 2012 - 9:17AM

In the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill, what is the effect of oil on...

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Ocean Trash Plaguing Our Sea In the Pacific Ocean, four ocean currents merge to form the North Pacific gyre, also known as the North Pacific Subtropical...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May 6 2013 - 8:10am The “garbage patches,” as referred to in the media, are areas of marine debris concentration in the North Pacific Ocean, circulated by the North Pacific gyre. The gyre spreads across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the western US, and north-south from California to Hawaii. Its total size isn't well...	Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean Sep 23 2010 - 10:33pm Once upon a time, the ocean was considered the last place where we could still find an undisturbed environment. This was before the plague of man-made plastic trash flooded the seas. During my travels, I have realized that everything has changed. There is scarcely a place on Earth where plastic...
The Oil Spill, Two Years Later Apr 20 2012 - 2:44pm Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig Deepwater Horizon caused the largest marine oil spill in history, gushing nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil over the course of three months.	Changing Tides: A Series of Ocean Discussions May 24 2010 - 3:32pm PAST PROGRAMS IN THE SERIES
Oil and Water Don't Mix, Even After 40 Years May 3 2010 - 6:02pm More than 40 years after the 1969 oil spill in Massachusetts’ Wild Harbor salt marsh, environmental chemist Dr. Chris Reddy from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds that the oil is still present. In this video, learn about how Dr. Chris Reddy tests the marsh for the presence of oil,...	Bring Your Own Container to Avoid Trash Sep 16 2011 - 7:34pm More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good stewards and leave a thriving ocean for future generations, we need to make changes big and small wherever we are. To make a positive difference, here are five simple things you can do in 10 minutes or less to help protect the ocean—...
Dr. Nancy Rabalais: Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico Apr 7 2011 - 4:31pm The Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought the world’s attention to the Gulf of Mexico and raised awareness of the region’s chronic loss of wetlands and the massive dead zone caused by excess nutrients from the Mississippi River. In this presentation, Dr. Nancy Rabalais outlines the challenges to...	Yellow Goby Dec 19 2011 - 3:07pm A tiny yellow goby, Lubricogobius exiguus, living inside an abandoned can on the seafloor; Suruga Bay, Japan
The Invisible Loss: The Impacts of Oil You Do Not See Jun 9 2010 - 9:23am Since late April, the world has watched a devastating oil spill from a BP drilling rig spread throughout the Gulf of Mexico and become one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the United States.	Oil Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Apr 20 2012 - 10:37am Bonny Schumaker, cofounder of the nonprofit On Wings of Care, flies over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill area every few weeks to survey for wildlife -- and on April 6, 2012, when this picture was taken, she was pleasantly surprised. "We were pleased to see very few of the surface oil slicks we've...
Marine Debris Jan 14 2011 - 2:11pm Ocean debris is a global problem that is slowly destroying the biological aspect of our waters. With the help of our communities we can start making the right decisions to keep our oceans clean and our ecosystems healthy. Explore other videos that capture the beauty and mystery of the ocean realm...	A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill May 10 2010 - 6:10pm Sometimes, a tragic event can become a powerful teaching opportunity. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to capture students’ attention and stimulate discussion on topics like: • biology and ecology (How will the oil effect wildlife and the environment?), •...
Marked Storm Drain Jun 7 2010 - 12:11pm A placard warns residents that water—and anything else—that goes own this storm drain makes its way into the Potomac River and, eventually the ocean.	Seagulls at a Seafood Waste Site May 8 2013 - 11:20am What happens to the waste coming out of a fish processing plant? Typically the fish guts and bones get sent to sea via a pipeline, and the Environmental Protection Agency regulates how much can be dumped. The sites can attract predators, such as these seagulls, fish, and even small sharks in Alaska...
Netting an oiled pelican in the Gulf of Mexico Jun 16 2010 - 11:36am Carl Pellegrin (left) of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Tim Kimmel of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepare to net an oiled pelican in Barataria Bay, La., Saturday, June 5, 2010. The pelican was netted and transported to a facility on Grand Isle, La., for stabilization...	Google map of invertebrates in oil spill region Jun 4 2010 - 6:34pm The National Museum of Natural History's Department of Invertebrate Zoology has developed an online map that provides information about invertebrates in the National Collection from areas impacted by the oil spill. In the Gulf of Mexico, over 57,000 invertebrates (points on the map) from 5,789...