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Coral biologist Mary Hagedorn speaks about her research to conserve our ocean’s corals

Coral biologist Mary Hagedorn speaks about her research to conserve our ocean’s corals

Dr. Mary Hagedorn, a marine biologist at the Smithsonian Institution, talks about her research to understand and conserve our oceans' corals. To meet more scientists, visit http://smithsonianscience.org. [...more]

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Scientists find excess nitrogen favors plants that respond poorly to rising CO2

Scientists find excess nitrogen favors plants that respond poorly to rising CO2

Two grass species that had been relatively rare in the plots, Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata, began to respond vigorously to the excess nitrogen. Eventually the grasses became much more abundant. Nitrogen ultimately changed the composition of the ecosystem as well as its capacity to store carbon. [...more]

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Smithsonian ecologists discover forests are growing at a faster rate

Smithsonian ecologists discover forests are growing at a faster rate

A new study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that forests in the Eastern United States are growing at a faster rate than at any time in the last 225 years. The chief culprit, researchers say, appears to be climate change, specifically:  rising levels of atmospheric [...] [...more]

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Smithsonian to host online Climate Change conference Sept. 29-Oct. 1

Smithsonian to host online Climate Change conference Sept. 29-Oct. 1

The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies is hosting “Climate Change,” a three-day, free, education online conference Tuesday, Sept. 29 through Thursday, Oct. 1. This is the second in a series of Center for Educatin and Museum Studies conferences where researchers and curators from around the Smithsonian Institution come together to address a single subject. “Climate Change” will [...] [...more]

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Fossils Show Prehistoric Global Warming

Fossils Show Prehistoric Global Warming

For those who think that global warming is a 21st-century phenomenon, Scott Wing, a scientist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, has news about the past. [...more]

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Yellow lady’s slippers, watercolor by Kathleen Garness, from the National Museum of Natural History exhibit “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World,” opening Aug. 14. The exhibition, a collaborative effort between the American Society of Botanical Artists and the Natural History Museum, showcases botanical illustrations and features work from several renowned artists, including Alice Tangerini, one of the Smithsonian’s acclaimed scientific illustrators.

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