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the front of an ice breaker
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Sea Ice in its Ever-Changing Forms

For two months, Cassandra Brooks, a marine scientist with Stanford University,...
Thu, 05/09/2013 - 09:39
Screenshot of opening slide for lecture "Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal."
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Efforts to Protect the Critically Endangered Monk Seal

Monk seals -- the only completely tropical species of seal in the world -- are in...
Tue, 06/14/2011 - 14:53
It is estimated that the March 11, 2011 earthquake in Japan was 1,000 times more powerful than the quake that struck Haiti in 2010. Watch as Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell explains this and more about the major earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
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Understanding the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Using maps and graphics, Smithsonian geologist Dr. Liz Cottrell provides an...
Mon, 03/14/2011 - 17:08
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National Ice Center Monitors the Arctic and Antarctic

The National Ice Center’s work is focused on ensuring safe and efficient...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:57
a ship in an icy landscape
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Arctic Exploration

New technology is making it possible for scientists to go where they’ve never...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:45
a view of the seacoast
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Sea Levels on the Move

Through the use of satellites and land survey tools, scientists are learning about...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 13:36
two scientists raise an ice core
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Taking an Ice Sample

Using a drill, a team removes a chunk from the thick Arctic ice. Small samples are...
Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:55
Screenshot from"Climate Change Effects on Glaciers and Ice Sheets" with an Arctic glacier.
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Climate Change Effects on Glaciers and Ice Sheets

How will changes in temperature affect glaciers and ice sheets? Dr. Sarah Das from...
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 10:11
Screenshot from video of a ship amidst broken up ice.
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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist

Drilling near the North Pole, Dr. Jan Backman reveals a brief moment in time when...
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 13:03
Karen Romano Young's 19th AntarcticLog comic
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Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...
February 2018
A map of the Mid Ocean Ridge
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Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor

Until very recently oceanography was a field dominated by men. A seafaring career,...
July 2016
A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.
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Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...
August 2015

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