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measuring a fish
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Really Small Fry: Shifting Baselines in Marine Fish Stocks

A public service announcement uses a dramatic example to emphasize that ocean fish...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:06
An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
overview

Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S....
April 2018
A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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Two Views of Coral Reefs: Thriving and Threatened

Coral reefs are beautiful, vibrant ecosystems that house roughly one quarter of all...
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:19
Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right.
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Bleached Corals, Pacific Ocean

Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right....
A coral reef covered by silt and sand in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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Coral Reef Covered by Silt and Sand

This coral reef in the Western Pacific Ocean was killed by human input of silt and...
Photograph of a bright yellow fish.
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Tagged Atlantic Cod

So far, researchers have developed DNA barcodes to accurately identify 4,600 of the...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Caution! Do Not Bleach

Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what possible explanations are...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:46
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Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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The Great Barrier Reef – Going, Going, Gone???

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (or the GBR as it is known to reef aficionados)...
October 2012
A screenshot from the video of Nancy Knowlton on PBS NewsHour.
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Where did Half of the Great Barrier Reef's Coral Go?

In the past 30 years, the Great Barrier Reef -- Australia's iconic natural wonder...
Wed, 10/03/2012 - 13:57
Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.
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Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

All over the world, people have been witnessing gigantic blooms of tens of...
November 2010
Overfishing is leading to an abundance of less desirable species like jellyfish.
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Jellyfish Sandwiches

More desirable fish species like tuna, bass, and swordfish are being fished out,...
Coastal mangroves along the edge of the ocean.
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Mangroves: One Species at a Time

Follow researchers Candy Feller and Dennis Whigham from the Smithsonian...
Wed, 07/14/2010 - 22:01

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