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Steve Canty Named New Director of the Smithsonian’s Marine Global Earth Observatory Network

MarineGEO Network Will Use Data To Help Protect and Restore Coastal Ecosystems Worldwide

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Oceanographer Monty Graham Takes Helm as New Director of SERC

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Monty Graham, wearing a white shirt and beige slacks, stands in front of the Mathias Lab's entry sign with a wetland behind him

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https://sercblog.si.edu/oceanographer-monty-graham-takes-helm-at-smithsonian-env…

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River Otters Unfazed by Feces and Parasites While Eating… And That’s Good for Ecosystems

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River Otters Unfazed by Feces and Parasites While Eating

New Study Offers First Look at Diet and Ecology of River Otters in Chesapeake Bay

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Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands To Emit More Methane As Microbes Struggle To Keep Up

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Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands To Emit More Methane

Scientists Dial Up Heat and Carbon Dioxide in Futuristic Experiment

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Biodiverse forests grow faster – and absorb more carbon

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Aerial view of a young forest in autumn, divided into several plots with trees of different heights.

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https://sercblog.si.edu/forests-grow-faster-with-more-tree-species/

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Three Animals Helping Us Track Ocean Plastic

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A norther fulmar bird with a white body and black and white wings glides through a cloudy sky.

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https://sercblog.si.edu/3-animals-helping-us-track-plastic-pollution-in-the-ocea…

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Six Stories To Warm Your Heart (Not the Planet)

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Two young men in caps stand in a forest, with a black Labrador and a chocolate Labrador in front of them.

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https://sercblog.si.edu/six-stories-from-2024-to-warm-your-heart-not-the-planet/

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Students Help Conserve Orchids with 'Classroom Cultivation'

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Two students stand by a black, rectangular container of soil with three seedlings. One student has their hands above the soil.

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https://sercblog.si.edu/student-scientists-help-conserve-orchids-with-classroom-…

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These Are the Wetlands Emitting the Most Methane

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Twelve clear, cylindrical chambers in a wetland, with red, yellow, green or blue rims. A clear disk is propped above each one

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https://sercblog.si.edu/hot-fresh-flooded-these-are-the-wetlands-spewing-out-the…

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Baltimore Interns Link Race, Science and Faith

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Two teenage girls wearing glasses sit at a table, looking at boxes filled with hundreds of labeled insects

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https://sercblog.si.edu/high-school-interns-link-race-science-and-faith/

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