A baby sea turtle on a sandy beach.

Conservation

Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.

Climate Change Overview

How is climate change impacting the oceans? This overview dives into everything to know.

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.

North Atlantic Right Whale

Three gray fish swim in front of a large coral head.

Cabo Pulmo Protected Area

a spear fisher with a speared tropical fish

Sustainable Fishing

A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.

Ocean Acidification

An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Gulf Oil Spill

Conservation Articles

Each year, thousands of local teachers join us for Smithsonian Teachers’ Night.

Learning from a Sea of Teachers

A great white shark in the waters of the coast of Guadelupe, Mexico.

The results are in...

Polar bear siblings in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area near Hudson Bay spar playfully during migration.

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Screenshot of "Rethink the Shark" showing people on a beach.

Rethink the Shark

Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience. NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.

NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.

A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.

Be Kind to the Beach

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

Helping Kids Help the Ocean

Musician Sam Lardner and friends created the 14-song CD Oceans Are Talking to inspire kids and adults to help save the ocean and the creatures living in it.

Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner

Students Work on Channel Island Map Project

Back to School, Ocean Portal Style

Pile of Plastic Trash

Plastic Trash Plagues the Ocean

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