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a fish swimming in blue water

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Visit the Line Islands with Reef Ecologist Dr. Stuart Sandin

Researcher Greg Skomal answers students' questions about Great White Sharks.

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Great White Shark: One Species at a Time

Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.

July 2014

A screenshot from the video showing a school of swimming fish.

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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

A Plague of Sea Stars

A zoomed-in image of the crown-of-thorns sea star.

May 2011

An episode of the Encyclopedia of Life's "One Species at a Time" podcast focused on the Greenland shark.

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Greenland Shark: One Species at a Time

A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.

Overview

Ocean Acidification

A screenshot from the video showing a small anemone through a microscope.

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Anemone Feeding Time

How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.

February 2013

This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.

Overview

The Census of Marine Life

Screenshot from video showing illustrations of diverse and abundant marine microbes.

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The Microbial Loop

the oil on the surface

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The Gulf Oil Spill: Effects on Marine Life