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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...

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Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S....

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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...

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Bleached Corals, Pacific Ocean

Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right....

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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...

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Tagged Atlantic Cod

So far, researchers have developed DNA barcodes to accurately identify 4,600 of the...

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Caution! Do Not Bleach

Students learn why coral reefs are important, and what possible explanations are...

Personal Perspectives

The Great Barrier Reef – Going, Going, Gone???

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (or the GBR as it is known to reef aficionados)...

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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...

Personal Perspectives

Peanut Butter and Jellyfish

All over the world, people have been witnessing gigantic blooms of tens of...

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Jellyfish Sandwiches

More desirable fish species like tuna, bass, and swordfish are being fished out,...

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Mangroves: One Species at a Time

Follow researchers Candy Feller and Dennis Whigham from the Smithsonian...