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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
Young Voices

Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

My internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History started off...
November 2017
Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
Young Voices

SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

I am a member of SCUBAnauts International, an organization for young people...
May 2015
Many species of pink coralline algae, which cements coral reefs together, cover a reef surface in the Southern Line Islands.
Personal Perspectives

Coralline Algae: The Unsung Architects of Coral Reefs

Stare at a tide pool and you will often see a crust of pink coating the bottom. No,...
January 2014
This orange boring sponge (Cliona varians) overgrows several coral species at Panama's Smithsonian Tropical Studies Institute.
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Ocean Acidification Excites Boring Sponges

Boring sponges get a bad rap. Their own name betrays them, announcing to the world...
March 2013
Where the pH is the lowest, corals can no longer grow - sand, rubble and seagrasses replace the reef.
Personal Perspectives

Sneak Peek: Future of Coral Reefs in an Acidifying Ocean

Scientists don’t often get the opportunity to travel through time. But nestled...
August 2012
Tiny organisms found on ARMS
Young Voices

From Field to Lab: How Carbon Seeps Provide a Chance to See Future Impacts of Ocean Acidification

Every year, humans spew billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the...
November 2017
Tiny organisms found on ARMS
Young Voices

Traveling Around the World to Study the Future of the Ocean

It takes three days of traveling to reach the islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG)...
October 2017
Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.
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Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

We all know to avoid touching or eating oil (the fossil fuel variety that is)....
March 2015
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