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Karen Romano Young's 19th AntarcticLog comic

Personal Perspectives

Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...

February 2018

Personal Perspectives

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

Octocorals dominated the seafloor on Chris Mah's Okeanos mission to Johnston Atoll in the remote Pacific Ocean.

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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

The deep-sea is a vast part of the world’s ocean. Even today, it often surprises...

October 2017

A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains

Personal Perspectives

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

June 2016

A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.

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Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

The Ocean Portal was lucky enough to join the Deep Reef Observation Project team in...

October 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

An Atlantic wolffish hiding on Cashes Ledge off the New England coast.

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Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine. This...

November 2014

"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.

Personal Perspectives

Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes are some of the most important organisms in the sea. These miniscule...

August 2014

Pink crustose algae covers the surface of a rock.

Personal Perspectives

Microbes Help Corals Pick a Home and Settle Down

Bacteria are everywhere in the ocean. They live in the water, on virtually every...

July 2014

This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.

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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

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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

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Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Underwater Parks in 3-D

Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes Help Corals Pick a Home and Settle Down

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

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

Smithsonian Ocean

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Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

Up Close and Personal with a Mangrove Root

Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Keeping Exploration Alive With Manned Submersibles

The Discovery of Two Extreme Sea Stars

Underwater Parks in 3-D

Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes Help Corals Pick a Home and Settle Down

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

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

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