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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea
The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 11:37

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The Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal
Scientists from the U.S. and Greece are working from opposite sides of the ocean to...
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Red Listed: Study Finds One-Fifth of World's Vertebrates Are at Risk
A 2010 study of IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species found that one-fifth of the...
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Where There’s Smoke…
Students explain how fundamental relationships between melting and boiling points,...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:59

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Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice
The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...
September 2013

From Mermaids to Manatees: the Myth and the Reality
In centuries past, the ocean was thought to be full of krakens, sea serpents, sea...
March 2014

Archaeologists Study Early Whaling Community in Quebec, Canada
For over a decade, Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center archaeologist, William...
September 2011

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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms
Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...
July 2011