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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

 Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life,......
A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.
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North Atlantic Right Whale

 Stretching up to 16.8 meters (55 feet) long and weighing up to 62 tons (70 tons),......
An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S.......
a spear fisher with a speared tropical fish
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Sustainable Fishing

 Humans across the globe rely on the ocean as a main source of food. We enjoy fish......
a deep sea jellyfish
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The Deep Sea

 Below the ocean’s surface is a mysterious world that accounts for over 95 percent......
two mangrove trees in the crashing waves
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Mangroves

 Mangroves are survivors. With their roots submerged in water, mangrove trees...
Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.
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Climate Change

 Today, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in our atmosphere are the highest they've been......
Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab their prey in one swift snatch. Follow the whole breaching action in this slideshow.
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Great White Shark

 Sharks are much older than dinosaurs. Their ancestry dates back more than 400......
Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

 Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by......
Plastic bottles and other marine debris cover a rocky beach in Curacao.
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Marine Plastics

 Plastic surrounds us. It is not just the obvious places—like water bottles and......
Two octopuses sitting underwater highlight the different textures the animals can take on.
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Cephalopods

 A highly intelligent group of ocean dwelling creatures, the living cephalopods......