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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands
For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
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Island Ecosystem Transformation via Lava
Residents of Hawaii’s Big Island are holding their breath, and it’s not just...
October 2018
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil
During the late Cretaceous period, Kansas was covered by a vast sea. There,...
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus
The foot-long extinct shark Falcatus falcatus lived during the early Carboniferous...
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Exploring Chile's Marine Fossil Record in the Atacama Desert
Smithsonian curator of fossil marine mammals Nick Pyenson and a team of...
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Sand from Orient Point, Long Island, New York
There are different types of beaches and multiple factors that influence the...
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Underwater Archaeological Stratigraphy
An underwater archaeological stratigraphy reveals the different levels of soil in...
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Sediment Core Close-Up
These deep-sea sediment cores were drilled from beneath the seafloor, and hold...
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An Underwater Volcanic Eruption
A volcanic eruption of superheated magma (some 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) from the...
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Superheated Magma Underwater
Superheated magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, glows orange as it slowly leaks...
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Hydrothermal Vent Creatures
Travel to a world of perpetual night--the deep ocean hydrothermal vents near the...
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 12:59
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Just How Big Is the Ocean?
The ocean, which we often break into five large ocean basins, covers 71 percent of...
Thu, 09/21/2017 - 09:48