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What is the Sea Ice Minimum? (And Why Do We Care)
Envision the Arctic and an icy, white world comes to mind. Unlike Antarctica, which...
August 2019
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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
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?
Drifting throughout the ocean, invisible to the naked eye, are innumerable...
August 2018
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Seaside Lichens
Very few plant species can survive close to the ocean, where pounding surf fills...
August 2015
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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
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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey
Not all slugs (snails without shells) are slimy brown pests found in your backyard...
January 2014
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The Great Hermit Crab Migration
Over the last few days, a video of hermit crabs stampeding across the rocky shores...
September 2012
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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. A jumble of syllables akin to a complicated...
March 2018
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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous
In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...
August 2017
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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms
Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...
July 2011