Oceans

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Photo Contest Finalist—A Chorus of Mackerel

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Titanic vs. Lusitania: Who Survived and Why?

The tragic voyages provided several economists with an an opportunity to compare how people behave under extreme conditions

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Riled up About Geoengineering

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Underwater Antarctica

"If we don't do something," says Knowlton, who has earned the nickname Dr. Doom, "we could lose all corals by 2050."

A Coral Reef's Mass Spawning

Understanding how corals reproduce is critical to their survival; Smithsonian's Nancy Knowlton investigates the annual event

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Picture of the Week—Portuguese Man o'War

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Watching Coral Sex

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Picture of the Week—Young Fish Dart by a Jellyfish

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Tiny Cameras Show Albatrosses on the Hunt

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The Eastern Pacific Black Ghost Shark

<em>Hydrolagus melanophasma</em>, a new species of fish, was named from specimens collected over the last several decades off the coast of California

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Picture of the Week—Art and the Environment Meet

As ocean water becomes more acidic, corals and shellfish must spend more energy to make their calcium carbonate shells.

A Swim Through the Ocean's Future

Can a remote, geologically weird island in the South Pacific forecast the fate of coral reefs?

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Picture of the Week—Project Pebble

The University of Cambridge Department of Engineering hosted a photography contest earlier this year, and the winners have just been announced

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Picture of the Week—Jellyfish

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Seas of Plastic

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Science News From the Smithsonian

The Kuroshio, or "Black Current," is the Pacific Ocean's answer to the Atlantic's Gulf Stream.

Borne on a Black Current

For thousands of years, the Pacific Ocean’s strong currents have swept shipwrecked Japanese sailors onto American shores

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Picture of the Week -- Coral Reefs and Climate Change

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Crocheting a Coral Reef

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Picture of the Week—Shrimp at an Undersea Volcano

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