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Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
Young Voices

SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

I am a member of SCUBAnauts International, an organization for young people...
May 2015
Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
Personal Perspectives

How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...
February 2013
A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
Personal Perspectives

Diving into the Sandstorm

Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...
December 2013
A sunset over Boston Harbor.
Personal Perspectives

Signs of a Recovering Harbor

For more than two centuries, Boston Harbor has been a dumping ground. In 1773,...
July 2013
Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate
Personal Perspectives

Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...
December 2010
A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
Article

Coral Reefs Need You

For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit a coral reef, you know that...
October 2010
Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.
Article

Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

Lately we’ve been fielding questions from Smithsonian visitors wondering how they...
June 2010
A diver cares for the reef by cleaning up discarded fishing gear and garbage.
Article

Resolve to Protect the Ocean

Happy New Year! We’ve officially hit mid-January, but there is still plenty of...
January 2010
Mangroves on the edge of the water.
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Mangrove Restoration: Letting Mother Nature Do The Work

The ecological importance of coastal mangrove forests is common knowledge today....
December 2016
Nancy Rabalais smiling at the camera in a headshot.
Personal Perspectives

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
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