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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
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
Article

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.
Personal Perspectives

Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...
August 2015
A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 2014
a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake
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A Guide to Earthquake Lesson Plans

It isn’t everyday that a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes the East Coast of the...
August 2011
Nancy Rabalais smiling at the camera in a headshot.
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Five Questions with Nancy Rabalais, Tracking Dead Zones In the Gulf

The Gulf of Mexico is known for one of the world's largest “dead zones"—areas...
March 2015
red worms penetrate holes in bone

Zombie Worms Crave Bone

Zombie worms don’t crave brains: instead they seek bones. The 1 to 3 inch (2 to 7...
June 2013
Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Most of you know that the Earth’s poles are cold. But did you know that there are...
September 2011
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