Skip to main content
Smithsonian Institution
Other Languages Search Smithsonian Ocean
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Flickr Follow us on Tumbr
Donate

Smithsonian Ocean

Main Menu

  • Ocean Life
    • Marine Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Reptiles
    • Seabirds
    • Fish
    • Invertebrates
    • Plankton
    • Plants & Algae
    • Microbes
  • Ecosystems
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deep Sea
    • Coasts & Shallow Water
    • Poles
    • Census of Marine Life
  • Planet Ocean
    • Tides & Currents
    • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis
    • The Seafloor
    • Temperature & Chemistry
  • Through Time
    • Ancient Seas
    • Extinctions
    • Evolution
    • The Anthropocene
  • Conservation
    • Fishing
    • Pollution
    • Habitat Destruction
    • Invasive Species
    • Acidification
    • Climate Change
    • Gulf Oil Spill
    • Solutions & Success Stories
    • Get Involved
  • Human Connections
    • Books, Film & The Arts
    • Recreation
    • Seafood
    • Exploration
    • History & Cultures
    • Careers
  • At The Museum
  • Educators
Menu

Search

Showing results for "All"
Filter

Content type

  • (-) Article (21)
  • (-) Overview (4)
  • Video (14)
  • Photo (4)
  • Slideshow (4)
  • Audio (1)
  • Lesson Plan (1)

Article Type

  • Article (12)
  • Personal Perspectives (4)

Topics

  • Ancient Seas (2)
  • Animal Behavior (6)
  • At The Museum (10)
  • Beaches (2)
  • Books, Film & The Arts (6)
  • Careers (5)
  • Census of Marine Life (1)
  • Climate Change (23)
  • Conservation (3)
  • Coral Reefs (11)
  • Deep Sea (4)
  • Ecosystems (1)
  • Evolution (3)
  • Exploration (11)
  • Fish (11)
  • Fishing (12)
  • Genetics (1)
  • Get Involved (6)
  • Gulf Oil Spill (1)
  • Habitat Destruction (2)
  • History & Cultures (3)
  • Human Connections (2)
  • Invasive Species (2)
  • Invertebrates (10)
  • Mangroves (2)
  • Marine Mammals (11)
  • Microbes (1)
  • Ocean Life (2)
  • Planet Ocean (3)
  • Plankton (2)
  • Plants & Algae (9)
  • Poles (12)
  • Pollution (8)
  • Reptiles (2)
  • Seabirds (4)
  • Seafood (3)
  • Sea Level (1)
  • Sharks & Rays (5)
  • Shifting Baselines (1)
  • Sights, Sounds & Games (1)
  • Solutions & Success Stories (29)
  • Technology (8)
  • Temperature & Chemistry (10)
  • The Anthropocene (5)
  • The Seafloor (6)
  • Tides & Currents (1)
  • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis (1)
  • (-) Acidification (3)
  • (-) Coasts & Shallow Water (8)
  • (-) Food Web (6)
  • (-) Ice (9)
  • (-) Vents & Volcanoes (1)

Tags

  • (-) Climate Change (12)
  • (-) Feeding (5)
  • (-) Geology (2)
  • (-) Ice (9)
  • (-) Ocean Optimism (3)
  • Adaptations (5)
  • Algae (8)
  • Algae blooms (3)
  • Antarctic (3)
  • Arctic (8)
  • Beaches (11)
  • Biodiversity (6)
  • Bycatch (2)
  • Carrie Bow Cay (2)
  • Competition (3)
  • Corals (12)
  • Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (4)
  • Deepwater Horizon (3)
  • DNA barcoding (5)
  • Education (2)
  • Endangered species (4)
  • Fisheries (6)
  • Glaciers (4)
  • Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (4)
  • Mangroves (8)
  • Maps (2)
  • Maritime history (3)
  • Marshes (2)
  • Migration (2)
  • Mussels, Oysters & Relatives (3)
  • National Museum of Natural History (4)
  • Native people (3)
  • News (3)
  • NOAA (5)
  • Ocean Acidification (5)
  • Oceanography (3)
  • Ocean Trash (2)
  • Oil spills (4)
  • Penguins (2)
  • Phytoplankton (2)
  • Polar bears (2)
  • Predation (8)
  • Protecting Spaces (2)
  • Reproduction (7)
  • Restoring Habitats (4)
  • Runoff (2)
  • Scientists at work (11)
  • Seagrass (5)
  • Sea level (2)
  • Sea stars & Urchins (2)
  • Sea turtles (2)
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (3)
  • Smithsonian scientists (19)
  • Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (5)
  • Technology (3)
  • Under the microscope (3)
  • Vents & Volcanoes (5)
  • Walruses (2)
  • Waves (2)
  • Wetlands (4)
  • Whales (3)
  • Women in Science (2)
  • Zooplankton (4)
On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
overview

Sea Level Rise

The ocean never stops moving. When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede...
April 2018
Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
overview

The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....
April 2018
A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
overview

Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...
April 2018
A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.
Article

Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...
May 2015
Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
Article

Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses

Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and...
May 2015
School of blue rockfish in a kelp bed.
Article

Stinkin' Seaweed Makes Tasty Food for Coastal Animals

Most people try to avoid rotting kelp at the beach. The feeling of a floating piece...
October 2014
A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
Article

Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...
May 2014
A walrus sits on top of ice.
Article

The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 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
A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
Personal Perspectives

Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...
November 2013
In 2011, storms and lack of ice-cover due to a warmer winter climate resulted in hundreds of seal pups being washed up on the shore of Prince Edward Island. Like many, this young seal faced an uncertain future. See more Nature's Best Photos.
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
Where the pH is the lowest, corals can no longer grow - sand, rubble and seagrasses replace the reef.
Personal Perspectives

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

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next page Next
  • Last page Last
  • Sort By Relevance
  • A-Z
  • Z-A
  • Newest
  • Oldest

Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Ocean
Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Flickr Follow us on Tumbr
Contact Us

Explore

  • Ocean Life
  • Ecosystems
  • Planet Ocean
  • Through Time
  • Conservation
  • Human Connections
  • At the Museum
  • Educators
  • About
  • Media Archive
  • Terms of Use

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Donate
  • Ocean Life
    • Marine Mammals
    • Sharks & Rays
    • Reptiles
    • Seabirds
    • Fish
    • Invertebrates
    • Plankton
    • Plants & Algae
    • Microbes
  • Ecosystems
    • Coral Reefs
    • Deep Sea
    • Coasts & Shallow Water
    • Poles
    • Census of Marine Life
  • Planet Ocean
    • Tides & Currents
    • Waves, Storms & Tsunamis
    • The Seafloor
    • Temperature & Chemistry
  • Through Time
    • Ancient Seas
    • Extinctions
    • Evolution
    • The Anthropocene
  • Conservation
    • Fishing
    • Pollution
    • Habitat Destruction
    • Invasive Species
    • Acidification
    • Climate Change
    • Gulf Oil Spill
    • Solutions & Success Stories
    • Get Involved
  • Human Connections
    • Books, Film & The Arts
    • Recreation
    • Seafood
    • Exploration
    • History & Cultures
    • Careers
  • At The Museum
  • Educators

Search Smithsonian Ocean