Search

Showing results for

Content type

Topics

Tags

A blue crab on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S.
Photo

Coastal Blue Crab

View Image
Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
Photo

Protecting Arctic habitat

View Image
How do plants respond to rising CO2 levels? To find out, plant physiologist Bert Drake monitors plants used in his CO2 study at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) near the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
Photo

CO2 Marsh Study

View Image
A look into a whale shark mouth.
Photo

A Smiling Gentle Giant

View Image
A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.
Photo

Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

View Image
Image of a rapa whelk, a large marine snail retreated into its shell
Photo

Rapa Whelk

View Image
Can we use the sea as a source of fresh water?
Photo

Can We Drink Our Salty Ocean?

View Image
Students studying rainfall point their camera to the clouds.
Photo

Rainfall Patterns in Hawaii

View Image
Students are made to look like they are riding the back of a giant turtle in a doctored photo.
Photo

North Carolina Delegation

View Image
Two killer whales.
Photo

Killer Whales from Above

View Image
The North Atlantic right whale, Phoenix, lifts her tail up out of the water.
Photo

Phoenix's Tail

View Image
A pod of killer whales from above.
Photo

A Pod of Whales

View Image