
Smithsonian Ocean Team
The Ocean is important to all life, including yours. Join us.
Welcome to the Ocean Portal – a unique, interactive online experience that inspires awareness, understanding, and stewardship of the world’s Ocean, developed by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History and more than 20 collaborating organizations.
You are among the first wave of visitors to the Portal, an experience which we hope will empower you to shape and share your personal Ocean experiences, knowledge, and perspectives.
The input you provide through feedback modules and comment boxes will help us to shape future Ocean Portal content and functionality. Like the Ocean, which is made of millions of marine species, your comments, questions, and clicks will help to bring the Portal closer to the vastness and variety of the Ocean itself.

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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

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Expedition to the Line Islands

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Smithsonian Research Stations

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Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs

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Seamounts: Underwater Oases

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From Submarines to Robots: Exploring the Deep Ocean

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How You Can Help the Ocean

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Reef Rescue: Protect Coral Reefs with Your Actions

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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows
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Terms of Use for Media on the Ocean Portal

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Citizens of the Sea

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Around the World Again...and Again

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Five Questions for Robert Ballard

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The Whalefish Mystery

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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

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Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

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Exploring the Blue Planet with J. Murray Roberts

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Amy Baco-Taylor: Passionate about Deep-Sea Corals

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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

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Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals

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Peter Auster: The Gee Whiz Factor

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Five Questions for Halsey Burgund, Creator of Ocean Voices

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World Oceans Day 2014 Events

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Biocubes: Life In One Cubic Foot

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The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

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The State of Sharks, 40 Years After Jaws

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William Dampier - The Pirate Who Collected Plants

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The results are in...

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Help us pick the next OP stars

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State of Emergency in the Gulf

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Smithsonian Stunt Turns Ocean Hall into Living Aquarium

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Break On Through

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December in Malibu

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Shooting the Waves: Tips from a Surf Photographer

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Take a Virtual Submarine Dive to the Deep

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Chasing a Basking Shark

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Ocean Today Every Full Moon

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The Time For Earth Optimism is Now

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World Ocean Day Events 2018

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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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