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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
Dr. Candy Feller, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center underscores the challenges facing mangroves, along with reasons for hope. 
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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

Mangroves are the biological buffers between land and sea. Without them,...
Wed, 09/28/2016 - 12:06
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The Making of "The Bright Beneath"

Follow an artist from inspiration to installation in this short video. It features...
Tue, 09/06/2011 - 15:32
yarn artwork of coral
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Webcast: Stories from the Reef

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef brings together mathematics, marine science,...
Fri, 07/01/2011 - 10:42
A real-time monitoring system helps to forecast and track tsunamis before they reach shore, giving people a chance to move to higher ground.
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Tracking Tsunamis

Tsunamis, giant waves caused by underwater earthquakes, speed across the ocean at...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 12:16
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Medicines from the Sea

You may not think of the ocean as a pharmacy but scientists are developing exciting...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:08
Screenshot from video of an aerial view of the ocean drilling vessel Chikyu.
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The Ocean Drilling Vessel Chikyu

The Chikyu allows scientists to gather and study data about seafloor sediments as...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:57
Screenshot of "Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves" showing a boat heading into the mangroves.
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Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves

At Carrie Bow Cay in Belize, Dr. Candy Feller explains her research on the effect...
Thu, 03/08/2018 - 09:43
A diver collects water samples.
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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
A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
Article

Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....
February 2014
Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...
September 2013
Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

A few years ago, I was in New Zealand photographing a story about the value of...
October 2012

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