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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...
July 2018
Kopelman Watercolor Detail
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Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

I got a lot of funny looks at the airport when I opened the oversized cooler for...
October 2017
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.
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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...
July 2014
A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....
February 2014
Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...
September 2013
Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Swimming With Sharks

Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...
October 2011
A photo of an oyster cage, out of the water, covered in sea squirts.
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Alaska Vulnerable to Invasive Species from Warmer Waters

Alaska’s pristine coastline is ripe for an influx of invasive marine species such...
September 2011
A coral has just spawned. Each of the hundreds of polyps releases a small pink bundle of sperm and eggs.
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A Tale of Sex and Stress in the Ocean

Welcome to Citizens of the Sea, a new blog series where ocean life comes to life....
October 2010
A great white shark in the waters of the coast of Guadelupe, Mexico.
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How Realistic is the Shark Science in "The Shallows"?

When The Shallows hits theaters June 24—non-coincidentally kicking off both Shark...
June 2016
A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.
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How You Can Help the Ocean

The threats faced by our ocean planet may seem overwhelming. In the face of...
December 2009
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