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These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
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Location of Smithsonian Field Stations

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Guests at Smithsonian's Natural History Museum's 2010 sustainable seafood event
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Guests at Smithsonian's 2010 Sustainable Seafood Event

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David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market
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Seattle Fishmonger

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A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Ocean Acidification

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Oil and Art

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A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean

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a squid
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Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms

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An adult and child visitor participate in an activity at the Natural History Museum
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World Ocean Day Events 2018

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Ocean Objects of Wonder

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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A pipe on the seaflood discharges fish waste, such as bones and scraps, from processing factories that turn whole caught fish into filets that you buy in the supermarket.
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Salmon Recycling: Waste Not, Want Not

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