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How the Ocean Floor Helped Seal the Deal for Plate Tectonics
In the early twentieth century, when the Earth scientist Alfred Wegener proposed...
June 2022

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Island Ecosystem Transformation via Lava
Residents of Hawaii’s Big Island are holding their breath, and it’s not just...
October 2018
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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands
For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018

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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea
There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the...
November 2014

Personal Perspectives
Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill
You are not alone if you don’t know what forams (short for foraminifera) are, so...
June 2014

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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

Tracking volcanic rock to the shores of Belize
Mangrove Mystery – Where Did All the Pumice Come From? For years,...
August 2012

Zombie Worms Crave Bone
Zombie worms don’t crave brains: instead they seek bones. The 1 to 3 inch (2 to 7...
June 2013

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Seamounts: Underwater Oases
Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy...
December 2009

The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping
Life is typically sparse on the deep seafloor, where organisms endure high...
March 2016

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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

Personal Perspectives
The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars
Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015