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Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.
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Climate Change

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This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

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Ocean Portal summer 2011 intern Brandon Adkins poses next to the aquarium in the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall.
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An Intern Explores Ocean Careers

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Cartoonist Jim Toomey explains the "climate change connection" in two minutes.
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Two Minutes on Oceans With Jim Toomey: The Climate Change Connection

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Screenshot from video of fish swimming in clear blue water in the Cabo Pulmo reserve.
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Cabo Pulmo Reserva de la Biosfera del Patrimonio Mundial

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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How to Catch a Fish

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

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Ocean Food Web Listing Image

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working on a crochet project
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Step 3: Crochet a Dinoflagellate

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a live coelacanth
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A Live Specimen

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a fish fins that fan around its face
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Tripod Fish

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