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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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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot
Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...
May 2015
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Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
By now, you have probably heard of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The name...
April 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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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence
What does a bioluminescent creature that lives more than two miles below the...
November 2011
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A Plague of Sea Stars
Sea stars are important members of marine ecosystems, especially in the tropics. We...
May 2011
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Coral Reefs Need You
For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit a coral reef, you know that...
October 2010
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Resolve to Protect the Ocean
Happy New Year! We’ve officially hit mid-January, but there is still plenty of...
January 2010
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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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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean
More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good...
September 2011
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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean
Glider Technology Now Used to Study Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico The first...
October 2010
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows
In 2009, Ruth Meadows, a science teacher from Opelika Middle School in Opelika, AL...
March 2010