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Lessons from the Panama Oil Spill

On April 27, 1986, an estimated 50,000 barrels of medium-weight crude oil drained...
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 11:22
Dr. Rabalais speaking at a podium
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Dr. Nancy Rabalais: Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill brought the world’s attention to the Gulf of...
Thu, 04/07/2011 - 16:31
Dark brown oil floods a marsh after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Oily Marsh after the Oil Spill

Dark brown oil floods a marsh on the Mississippi Delta after the Deepwater Horizon...
A close-up photo of the seeds on the plant Phragmites australis.
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Phragmites australis, seeds

The invasive reed Phragmites australis can create new plants through seeds (shown...
Botanist Dennis Whigham stands in a forested wetland with field gear.
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Dennis Whigham

Dennis Whigham, Senior Botanist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center ...
The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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How Hurricanes Shape Wetlands in Southern Louisiana

We all know that hurricanes can have destructive effects on human communities and...
November 2013
The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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Wetlands to the Horizon

The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize...
A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.

From Mermaids to Manatees: the Myth and the Reality

In centuries past, the ocean was thought to be full of krakens, sea serpents, sea...
March 2014
Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

Two years ago last week, on April 20, 2010, an explosion on the oil-drilling rig...
April 2012
A landscape photo of a shoreline with tall grass-like plants lining the water's edge.
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Make Me Care About: Phragmites

This week at the Smithsonian Ocean Portal we embark on an experiment we're calling...
March 2011
A landscape photo of a shoreline with tall grass-like plants lining the water's edge.
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Phragmites australis

An invasive strain of the plant Phragmites australis dominates this Chesapeake Bay...
Screenshot from video showing Dennis Whigham in front of a banner talking about Phragmites.
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Make Me Care About: Phragmites (Video)

Dennis Whigham, a senior botanist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center,...
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 13:41
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