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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
dead coral from disease
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...
July 2014
The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
Personal Perspectives

How Hurricanes Shape Wetlands in Southern Louisiana

We all know that hurricanes can have destructive effects on human communities and...
November 2013
Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers diving down to ensure the bigger fish don't get away.
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Field Notes from the East African Coast

We began this journey three months ago, a team of scientists and filmmakers...
April 2013
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
Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig...
April 2012
a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake
Article

A Guide to Earthquake Lesson Plans

It isn’t everyday that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes the East Coast of the...
August 2011
A photo of a swimming Protanguilla palau, the newly discovered genus and species of eel
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Scientists Call New Eel Species A Living Fossil

Scientists at the Smithsonian and partnering organizations have discovered a...
August 2011
A zoomed-in image of the crown-of-thorns sea star.
Article

A Plague of Sea Stars

Sea stars are important members of marine ecosystems, especially in the tropics. We...
May 2011
A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

When he was 10 years old, Stephen Cairns lived in Cuba where he kept a collection...
May 2011

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