Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is a United States 2,650-acre (10.7 km2) environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution. It is located on the Rhode and West Rivers near Edgewater in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, near the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Research at SERC includes long-term experiments and global data synthesis to understand the ecosystem function of forests, farms, and coasts. Research at SERC is applied to inform real-world decision-making over local to international scales.