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Hotter Temps Trigger Wetlands To Emit More Methane As Microbes Struggle To Keep Up
Restored Oyster Sanctuaries Host More Marine Life
‘Life in the Ocean Touches Everyone’: U.S. Rolls Out First National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy
Adult Fish Struggle To Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
Protecting Lands Slows Biodiversity Loss Among Vertebrates By Five Times
Marine Protected Areas Improve Health, Wealth of Nearby Communities
Tree Species Diversity Increases Likelihood of Planting Success
Moving Out: Coastal Species Find New Homes on Plastic in Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Microbial Mystery: Why Do Some Bacteria Make Environmental Mercury Even More Toxic?
Getting to the Root of Blue Carbon Storage in Belize’s Mangroves
Smithsonian and Chesapeake Bay Foundation Announce New Oyster Restoration Partnership
Legacy of Ancient Ice Ages Still Shapes Eelgrass Today
As The Ocean Heats Up, Hungrier Predators Take Control
Tropical Trees Are Dying of Dehydration Due to Climate Change
For Wetland Plants, Sea-Level Rise Stamps Out Benefits of Higher CO2
Study Finds “Portfolio Approach” Can Help Protect Restorations From Extreme Climate Events
Ocean Plastic Is Creating New Communities of Life on the High Seas
Smithsonian Tagging Biologists Part Of $5 Million Award To Expand Coastal & Ocean Observations Across Mid-Atlantic
For Bay Oysters, Protection Plus Restoration Creates Healthiest Reefs
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Adds Severn Bank to Its Corporate Leaders Program
Recreational Blue Crab Harvest in Maryland Higher Than Current Estimates
Stressed-Out Young Oysters May Grow Less Meat On Their Shells
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Adds GreenVest to Its Corporate Leaders Program
Global “BiteMap” Reveals How Marine Food Webs May Change With Climate
High CO2 Can Create “Shrinking Stems” in Marshes
Global Change Triggers Species Switch in Grasslands
Ribera Development Signs On To Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Corporate Leaders Program
Hannon Armstrong Joins New Corporate Leaders Program at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Galápagos Have 10 Times More Alien Marine Species Than Thought
As Sea Level Rises, Wetlands Crank Up Their Carbon Storage
Invasive Plants Can Boost Blue Carbon Storage
New Invasive Bryozoan in Alaskan Waters
Eelgrass Wasting Disease Has New Enemies: Drones and Artificial Intelligence
Biologists Track Cownose Rays to Florida and Back
800 Million Tons of Blue Carbon May Lie Buried in U.S. Wetlands
The Ocean Is Losing Its Breath. Here's the Global Scope.
One Wet Winter Can Shake Up San Francisco Invaders
Tsunami Enabled Hundreds of Species to Raft Across Pacific
Biodiversity as Powerful as Climate Change for Healthy Ecosystems
Ships Struggle to Battle Invasive Species as Global Trade Surges
Smithsonian Scientists Find Sustainable Solutions for Oysters in the Future by Looking Deep Into the Past
Biodiversity Protects Fish From Climate Change
Acidification and Low Oxygen Put Fish in Double Jeopardy
Oyster Disease Thrives in Nightly Dead Zones
Dead Zones Likely to Expand as Coastal Waters Warm
Smithsonian Opens New Sustainable Research Lab
Ancient Native American Refuse Enriches Forests Today
Diverse Forests Resist Deer Better
Climate Change Spurs Tropical Mangroves to Expand in the North
Humans Threaten Wetlands' Ability to Withstand Climate Change
New Low-Cost, Nondestructive Technology Cuts Risk from Mercury Hot Spots
Toxic Methylmercury-Producing Microbes More Widespread Than Realized
High CO2 Spurs Wetlands to Absorb More Carbon
Invaders' Away-Field Advantage Weaker Than Ecologists Thought
"Jack-and-Master" Plants Better Suited to Climate Change
Smithsonian NEMESIS Tracks Marine Invaders Online
Fungi-Filled Forests are Critical for Endangered Orchids
Coasts' Best Protection from Bioinvaders Falling Short
Smithsonian Scientists Find Northern Snakehead Fish in New Territory
Smithsonian Scales Up Sustainability with Green Lab
Smithsonian Study Measures Watershed-wide Effects of Riparian Buffers on Nutrient Pollution
New NOAA Grant to Fund Hypoxia and Acidification Research in the Chesapeake Bay
Nitrogen Pollution Alters Global Change Scenarios from the Ground Up
One Species, 20 Genotypes, 3,808 Plants and a Plague of Voles: Study Reveals New Benefits of Genetic Diversity
Scientists Discover Key to Invasive Plants’ Success Is Not Simply a Matter of Taste
Ecologists Discover Forests Are Growing Faster, Climate Change Appears to Be Driving Accelerated Growth
Scientists Find Climate Change to Have Paradoxical Effects in Coastal Wetlands
Citizens ALERT: Keep an Eye Out for Furry-Clawed Crab-- Potential Invader to Eastern U.S.
575 Acres in Southern Anne Arundel County Placed into Conservation and Environmental Research and Education
Land Use and Phosphorus Use Intensity Are Key Factors Influencing Nutrient Discharge from Watersheds
Sediment Prediction Tools Miss the Mark
New Study Shows Fish Respond Quickly to Changes in Mercury Deposition
Smithsonian Researchers Develop Models to Assess Wetland Health
Furry Clawed Asian Crabs Caught in Delaware and Chesapeake Bays
Third Chinese Mitten Crab Confirmed in Chesapeake Bay
Increased Atmospheric CO2 Stimulates Soils to Release, not Store, CO2
SERC's Evening Lecture Series Kicks Off February 21
Smithsonian Scientists Report New Method of Assessing Watershed Impacts on Aquatic Systems
Connecting Toxic Mercury to Atmospheric Emissions
Supplying Invasions: Not All Ships Are Created Equal
Experts Address Public During Scientific Workshop and Public Rorum on Florida Red Tide
Saturday, May 13, First Rhode River Wade-In Marks the Opening of a New Gateway to the Chesapeake Bay
Native Predator Keeps an Invasive Spcies at Bay According to a New Study Published in Ecology
Success of Local Restoration Efforts in Chesapeake Bay Dependent on Regional Efforts
Smithsonian Appoints New Director for SERC
Fifteen Million School Children Join Smithsonian Scientists on a Hunt for Biological Invaders in San Francisco Bay on May 10
New Study Reveals Strong Connection Between Land Use in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and PCBs in White Perch
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and Portland State University Launch New Campaign Against Aquatic Invasions
Scientists Track West Nile Virus on its Southward Spread
Recent Study Adds A Twist to the Atmospheric CO2 Issue
Seeing the Big Picture: Wetland Ecology on a Grand Scale
Plants Keep Pace with Rising Carbon Dioxide
International Film Festival Screens Electronic Field Trip
Stalking West Nile Virus: Scientists looking for tell-tale signs in Cuba
Smithsonian Scientists Study Marine Organisms at Antartic's Ozone Hole
Chesapeake Bay Site of First World Water Monitoring Day
Melting Arctic Opens Passages for Invasive Species
Smithsonian Scientists Help Block Ship-borne Bioinvaders Before They Dock
New Study Shows Rise in Atmospheric Carbon-Dioxide May Stimulate Soils to Release Stored Carbon
SERC Researcher Recipient of Mercer Award
Taking a Global Snapshot of the World's Water Condition
Research Lends New Perspective to Blue Crab Population Decline