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An estimated 5 tons of plastic are fed to albatross chicks each year at Midway Atoll.
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What We’re Reading 11/14

Last week we read a lot about the U.S. Presidential election and its outcomes....
November 2016
Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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What We're Reading 10/21

We’re more than halfway through October! Take a break from jumping into crunchy...
October 2016
A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.
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What We’re Reading 10/6

Welcome to October, where there’s a lot going on in ocean news! Protecting...
October 2016
A bluefin trevally swims in Hawaii’s Maro Coral Reef, part of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
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What We're Reading - 9/22

It’s hard to keep up with the latest news on the Internet. We all have...
September 2016
"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris
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Chasing a Basking Shark

It was a hot and sunny day, with barely a whiff of breeze. I boarded a boat in...
October 2015
A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.
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Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...
August 2015
"December in Malibu" by Andrew Richards
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December in Malibu

Shooting seascapes often involves hiking on very delicate rock formations near...
June 2015
"Break On Through" was taken by Wendy Wolf at California's Pfeiffer Beach. This photo was a winning selection in the Portraits of Planet Ocean Flickr contest.
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Break On Through

I took this shot at Pfeiffer Beach, my favorite beach in my home state of...
June 2015
Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.
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The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Recently, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher Chris Mah and...
May 2015
One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.
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Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...
January 2015
Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the...
November 2014
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

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