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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

Climate change will spark a baby boom of blue crabs. Then predators will relocated from the south and eat them.

Jul 31, 2019

Washington Post
What It’s Like To Swim Through The Most Polluted Part Of The Ocean

Jul 12, 2019

Huffington Post
Scientists Zero in on Trees as a Surprisingly Large Source of Methane

Jun 24, 2019

Yale Environment 360
Smart Trees Are Learning To Stand Between Humanity And Disaster

May 20, 2019

OZY
Where does the oxygen we breathe come from?

May 20, 2019

Washington Post
One Million Species at Risk of Extinction, Threatening Human Communities Around the World, U.N. Report Warns

May 6, 2019

Smithsonian Magazine
County marks Earth day with new commission

Apr 23, 2019

Capital Gazette
Climate change pushes Florida’s mangroves north

Mar 31, 2019

PBS News Hour
Bummer: Marine invaders swarm Galápagos Islands

Mar 28, 2019

Mashable
Dozens Of Nonnative Marine Species Have Invaded The Galapagos Islands

Mar 28, 2019

NPR - All Things Considered

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