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a red snapper's ear stone in the palm of someone's hand
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The Bone that Logs a Lifetime

Slice through the trunk of a tree and you reveal a pattern of rings that grow out...
December 2019
A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...
March 2019
the foamy surface of the ocean
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Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion

From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year...
February 2019
an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...
December 2018
A green mahi-mahi fish underwater
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Fish Heart Out of Water

Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at...
June 2018
Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
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Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses

Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and...
May 2015
Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
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SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

I am a member of SCUBAnauts International, an organization for young people...
May 2015
Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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#GulfSpillFlashback: Giving the Gulf Oil Spill the Consideration It Deserves

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico,...
April 2015
A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.
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Let's Get Our Hands Dirty This Women's History Month

In the ocean world, there are many women to celebrate during Women’s History...
March 2015
The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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The Reefs of American Samoa: A Story of Hope

Sometimes called the rainforests of the sea, coral reefs are incredibly diverse and...
September 2014
A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...
March 2014
Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

Any floating object in the ocean tends to attract life; fishermen know this and...
July 2013

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