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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

SERC is open 8:00am-5:30pm all weekend (Fri. 3/31 - Sun. 4/2) for Maryland Day! Enjoy a spring weekend hike on one of our scenic trails. Woodlawn is also open Fri. 3/31 - Sun. 4/2, 10am-2pm!

The Reed Education Center and surrounding trailheads are back open!

Read Plan Your Visit for information on where to park, updated maps and hours, safety, and more.

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SERC In The News

SERC in the News

Marshes Grow Stronger When Faced With Increased Carbon Dioxide

Oct 3, 2019

Smithsonian Magazine
Los manglares del Arrecife Mesoamericano contarán con una estrategia regional de manejo sostenible

Oct 3, 2019

Marfund
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
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

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