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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

The Kojo Nnamdi Show: "Deciphering The Chesapeake Bay’s Growing Dead Zones"

Oct 25, 2017

WAMU 88.5
Scientists find no new foreign species in Alaska Harbor

Oct 21, 2017

Associated Press
Growing acidification of the Chesapeake Bay threatens crabs, oysters, other life

Oct 5, 2017

Baltimore Sun
All Things Considered: "Animals, Plants Rafted Across The Pacific After Japan's 2011 Earthquake"

Sep 29, 2017

National Public Radio
Sea critters hitchhiked across the Pacific on tsunami debris

Sep 28, 2017

Associated Press
Plastic tsunami debris sent 300 marine species on ‘unprecedented’ journey across the Pacific

Sep 28, 2017

Mashable
Smithsonian wins grant to create recovery plan, oyster reef for Rhode River

Sep 19, 2017

Baltimore Sun
Hot Spots in a Freezing Ocean Offer Lessons in Climate Change

Aug 31, 2017

New York Times
Stinson Beach green crab invaders vex scientists

Aug 20, 2017

Marin Independent Journal
What’s best weapon for battling species invading California waters? Data.

Aug 19, 2017

Los Angeles Daily News

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