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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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SERC In The News

SERC in the News

Dolphin Population Growing In Potomac River

Oct 18, 2019

The Georgetown Voice
The world’s ecosystems are being fundamentally transformed in the human era

Oct 17, 2019

The Washington Post
Ocean temperature rise is sickening marine life, but we can prevent it

Oct 10, 2019

Inverse
Science for Citizens

Oct 10, 2019

Bay Weekly
Annual marine survey helps scientists study effects of invasives, climate change

Oct 9, 2019

The ARK
Climate Change Experiment Fast-Forwards the Chesapeake Bay to the Year 2100

Oct 7, 2019

Radio IQ WVTF, Virginia's Public Radio
San Francisco Bay study gives 20-year window into marine life, climate impacts

Oct 4, 2019

Marin Independent Journal
Marshes Grow Stronger When Faced With Increased Carbon Dioxide

Oct 3, 2019

Smithsonian Magazine
Urgent Science

Sep 17, 2019

Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Aim for the gills, and 6 other tips that could save your life during a shark attack

Aug 1, 2019

AOL

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