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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
Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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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
Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate
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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...
December 2010
Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.
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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.
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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
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib

Five Questions for Richard Carson, Natural Resource Economist

In 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William...
March 2014
Nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll

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Coral Reefs Can Recover From Disasters. How Can We Save Them From Us? Bikini...
May 2013
Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.
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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

  More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good...
September 2011
Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience.  NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

In 2009, Ruth Meadows, a science teacher from Opelika Middle School in Opelika, AL...
March 2010
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