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Underwater image of two fish swimming near branching and boulder corals
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Stories of Success from a Reef Report Card

Coral reef ecosystems face daunting threats worldwide. Human impacts, such as...
May 2020
a bull shark in a net
Article

How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...
July 2018
a large ship with shipping containers
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Researching Invasive Species Near the Panama Canal

If you want to study invasive species in the ocean, the Panama Canal offers a lot...
Thu, 09/01/2011 - 11:27
an animated dolphin in an arm chair
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Don't Feed Wild Dolphins

A Twelve-Step group for wild animals with people-food addictions? Don’t be...
Wed, 11/24/2010 - 16:53
A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened

Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all...
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:19
The acidic waters from the CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for shells to grow in the first place.
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Dissolving Shell

The acidic waters from CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for...
For three weeks, the MV Chertan is home-base for the scientific team and will be transformed in a laboratory to study the effect of the CO2 seeps on reefs.
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MV Chertain Lab Boat

For three weeks, the research ship MV Chertan is home-base for the scientific team...
Photo of a Hawaiian monk seal on the beach, with the ocean in the background.
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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...
Hawaiian monk seal comes ashore
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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...
Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Trials and Tribulations with Contamination

My internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History started off...
November 2017
A diver clears the bottom of a cargo ship of specimens.
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Unearthing Information About Invasives From the Bottom of a Cargo Ship

I am once again leaving my familiar world behind and descending into the abyss...
February 2015
A diver clears the bottom of a cargo ship of specimens.
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Collecting Invasive Species on a Boat Hull

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) ecologist, Ian Davidson, is under...

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