Search | Smithsonian Ocean

Search

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System consists of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, and several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The system's seven sites illustrate the evolutionary h

Article

Charles Darwin's Ocean Upwelling

February 2015

Read the Full Article

A diagram of the different soil layers located at Hare Harbor, Quebec in 2008. Wood chips were located at the deepest layer, then whale bone, then codfish bones.

Photo

Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy

September 2011

Dampier explored this area of Western Australia and named it Shark Bay because of the "abundance" of sharks in the waters. It is now a World Heritage site.

Photo

Dampier and Shark Bay, Australia

July 2010