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EPA divers from Atlanta place this instrument in Charleston Harbor in order to monitor currents and better predict sand movement for a harbor deepening project.
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Measuring Underwater Currents

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The Gyre is an abstract piece symbolizing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large ocean vortex that collects trash from around the Pacific Ocean.
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The Plastic Gyre

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Staghorn Coral
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Staghorn Coral in a Hurricane

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The five turbines off of Block Island successfully withstood winter storm Stella in March 2017, and even produced power through most of the storm. 
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Block Island Wind Turbines in Storm

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The Mesoamerican Reef extends over 600 miles (1000 km) through the waters of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras and includes the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
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Mesoamerican Reef Regional Map

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Rhinochimaera swimming in the Dark.
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Rhinochimera

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A Fish Graveyard
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Fish Graveyard

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boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

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cone roots surrounding a mangrove
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Cone Roots Spring Up from the Ground

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Curator and Research Scientist Lynne Parenti with student Shao-i Wang on a moped with fish collection gear
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Lynne Parenti NMNH Fishes Curator

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If this chick had survived, it could have lived a long time: Laysan albatrosses are very long-lived birds. The oldest known wild bird is a 62-year old Laysan albatross named “Wisdom,” who still rears chicks on Midway Atoll.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 9

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An underwater photo of a diver with a camera shooting video of a whale.
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Whale on Camera

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