Personal Perspectives

Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

I got a lot of funny looks at the airport when I opened the oversized cooler for...

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Aquaculture Comes Full Circle

Until recently we were farmers on land and hunter-gatherers at sea, but how we get...

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Keeping An Ear Out For Whale Evolution

Large whales are notoriously hard to study. Except when rising to breathe, they...

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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...

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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....

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Alaska Vulnerable to Invasive Species from Warmer Waters

Alaska’s pristine coastline is ripe for an influx of invasive marine species such...

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Saving Sharks and Dolphins, Near and Far

Sophi Bromenshenkel is an unlikely shark-lover. She's eight years old and hails...

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Make Me Care About: Phragmites

This week at the Smithsonian Ocean Portal we embark on an experiment we're calling...

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Listening for Clues About Sonar’s Effects on Marine Mammals

Many animals depend on their eyes to navigate, find food, locate mates, and for...

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...

An Ocean of Energy: Bringing Offshore Wind to America

Three miles off the coast of Block Island, a roughly ten square mile haven for...

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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...