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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands
For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
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Seaside Lichens
Very few plant species can survive close to the ocean, where pounding surf fills...
August 2015
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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By now, you have probably heard of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The name...
April 2015
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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...
May 2014
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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places
Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....
February 2014
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem
Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...
July 2013
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!
Marine parasites may be small in size, but they can be present in very high numbers...
December 2012
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Making Science Sing: The Longest Time (Coral Triangle Edition)
How do you make science sing? Just ask a couple of female scientists to sing about...
July 2012
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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater
How do we know where ocean animals swim day and night? Scientists are getting...
May 2012
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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?
Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...
June 2010
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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. A jumble of syllables akin to a complicated...
March 2018
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Mangrove Restoration: Letting Mother Nature Do The Work
The ecological importance of coastal mangrove forests is common knowledge today....
December 2016