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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 diver collects water samples.
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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
This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

This summer, many of you have likely enjoyed feasting on crabs, be they blue,...
September 2013
Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate
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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...
December 2010
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