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  • Corals and Coral Reefs
    Sep 12 2012 - 11:02am
    Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with perhaps one quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter. This is a remarkable statistic...

  • Coral Scientist J. Murray Roberts: Exploring the Blue Planet
    Jul 27 2011 - 9:54am
    Imagine you’re an alien seeing Planet Earth for the first time. What do you see from your spacecraft? A blue planet with over 70% of its surface covered by ocean. From space it’s obvious how...

  • Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission
    Jul 27 2011 - 11:25am
    Deep-sea coral beds are true biodiversity hotspots. It’s urgent that we study these extreme environments because we know so little about them, because they are important communities for so many deep-...

  • Climate Change at the Poles
    Sep 20 2011 - 12:33pm
    At the ends of the Earth, life thrives despite extreme conditions. In the Arctic and Southern Oceans, organisms have evolved adaptations to cope with year-round cold and six months of darkness. But...

  • Climate Change
    Jul 24 2012 - 11:45am
    Today, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in our atmosphere are the highest they've been in 15 million years. It's the cumulative impact of an ever-expanding population -- 7 billion people and rising -- and...

  • Citizens of the Sea
    Jul 12 2010 - 11:25am

  • Changing Tides: A Series of Ocean Discussions
    May 24 2010 - 3:32pm
    PAST PROGRAMS IN THE SERIES

  • Census of Coral Reef Ecosystems
    Aug 28 2012 - 9:17am
    The Census of Marine Life brought together coral reef scientists from around the world to learn more about the biodiversity of the world's reefs and to develop new methods of measuring that diversity...

  • Building the Sant Ocean Hall: Interviews with the Exhibit Team
    Sep 19 2011 - 2:29pm
    Building the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall--like any major exhibition--was a major undertaking. Over the course of five years, it required hundreds of people with a vast array of skills and...

  • Brian Skerry Voting Results
    Dec 3 2012 - 6:02pm
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  • Brian Skerry Vote
    Oct 31 2012 - 4:36pm

  • Biodiversity in the Coastal Zone
    Aug 29 2012 - 6:02pm
    Logistically speaking, the nearshore zone of the ocean -- the coastal areas to a depth of around 65 feet (20 meters) -- is the most-studied region of the ocean because of its accessibility. But,...