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Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
Young Voices

SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

I am a member of SCUBAnauts International, an organization for young people...
May 2015
This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
Personal Perspectives

From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

Reef biologists over a certain age are haunted by memories of what glorious places...
July 2014
A diver collects water samples.
Personal Perspectives

Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...
June 2014
Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.
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Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill

You are not alone if you don’t know what forams (short for foraminifera) are, so...
June 2014
A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
Personal Perspectives

Diving into the Sandstorm

Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...
December 2013
A sunset over Boston Harbor.
Personal Perspectives

Signs of a Recovering Harbor

For more than two centuries, Boston Harbor has been a dumping ground. In 1773,...
July 2013
Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers diving down to ensure the bigger fish don't get away.
Personal Perspectives

Field Notes from the East African Coast

We began this journey three months ago, a team of scientists and filmmakers...
April 2013
Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
Personal Perspectives

The Great Barrier Reef – Going, Going, Gone???

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (or the GBR as it is known to reef aficionados)...
October 2012
A photo of plastic trash floating in the water, taken from below the surface.
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Witness to a Plastic Invasion

It blew in for two solid days: a flotilla of plastic forks, soda bottles, rubber...
April 2011
A tiny larval (baby) starfish.
Personal Perspectives

The Invisible Loss: The Impacts of Oil You Do Not See

Since late April, the world has watched a devastating oil spill from a BP drilling...
June 2010
Students share a microscope to get a closer look at plankton samples from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Personal Perspectives

A Current Event in the Classroom: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Sometimes, a tragic event can become a powerful teaching opportunity. The Deepwater...
May 2010
An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.
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Five Questions with Uta Passow, How An Oil Spill Affects the Movement of Carbon In the Ocean

There are millions of tiny drifting plants in the sunlit ocean, called...
March 2015

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