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What the Megalodon Left Behind

The largest shark ever to exist on this planet, Carcharocles megalodon, could grow...
July 2018
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...
paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america
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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

Paleobiologist Dr. Nicholas Pyenson, Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals for the...
Hedbergella sliteri - this specific specimen is the "holotype" for this species. That means it is the reference point for what all members of the species should look like.
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Hedbergella sliteri

Hedbergella sliteri - this specific specimen is the "holotype" for this species....
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
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.
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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
Satellite view of the Gulf Coast oil spill off of Louisiana, April 29, 2010.
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Gulf Coast oil spill

Satellite view of the Gulf Coast oil spill off of Louisiana, April 29, 2010. ...
Tiny organisms found on ARMS
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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
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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
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