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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot
Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...
May 2015
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans
If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...
June 2014
Personal Perspectives
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
Personal Perspectives
Signs of a Recovering Harbor
For more than two centuries, Boston Harbor has been a dumping ground. In 1773,...
July 2013
Personal Perspectives
Seafood for Thought
Sunday, November 21 marks World Fisheries Day, an annual occasion observed in many...
November 2010
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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?
Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...
June 2010
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Upcycled Ocean Plastic
The Possibilities Are Endless For Reuse of Plastic Ocean Trash Today, most...
August 2016
Three Ways You Can Use Genomics to Study Oil Spill Impacts
You’ve probably heard of genetics—you can now swab your mouth and use DNA to...
January 2016
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The Blue Halo – Barbuda and Beyond
Papa Joe, the oldest fisherman on the Caribbean island of Barbuda, remembers when...
August 2015
Fighting Plastic From Every Angle
Ocean plastic comes in all shapes and sizes, from the flip-flops and bottles that...
September 2014
Five Questions for Richard Carson, Natural Resource Economist
In 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William...
March 2014