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A stormy sea lashes the village of Shismaref, Alaska, where the coastline has eroded 30–90 m (100–300 ft) in the past 30 years.
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Shismaref, Alaska

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Farther north, in Fort Pierce, Florida, researchers at the Smithsonian Marine Station focus on mangroves and other marine ecosystems of Florida.
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Smithsonian Marine Station

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Geophysicist Jian Lin of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution studied the earthquake site that triggered 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. New tools to map seafloor earthquakes—like this robotic Autonomous Benthic Explorer—enhance our understanding of catastrophic events, such as the tsunami.
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Seafloor Earthquakes Study

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Large container ships at port, discharging ballast water in the Port of Oakland
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Ballast Water in the Port of Oakland

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a live coelacanth
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A Live Specimen

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a fuzzy brown sea anemone cover the coral
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Corallimorphs

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a tubeworm's red innards
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Tubeworm Closeup

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There is a large demand for shark ecotourism.
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Swimming with Sharks

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NMNH intern in the lab.
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It's All In the DNA

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a diagram showing the zones of the ocean
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Ocean Zones

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Fish swim underwater amidst mangrove roots at Bocas del Toro, Panama.
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Mangroves at Bocas del Toro, Panama

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This tentacle belongs to a blue button. While it has a central “float” with streaming tentacles like typical jellyfish, the blue button is a colony of many small hydroid animals.
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Blue Button Tentacle

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