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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Oyster Disease

Along the East Coast of the United States, two diseases can cause significant...
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Red hot magma and ash erupt from an underwater volcano.
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An Underwater Volcanic Eruption

A volcanic eruption of superheated magma (some 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit) from the...
Superheated magma slowly leaks from a crack in the seafloor.
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Superheated Magma Underwater

Superheated magma, about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, glows orange as it slowly leaks...
Map of volcanoes of Central America and within the Caribbean Sea.
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Central American and Caribbean Sea Volcanoes

This map shows volcanoes of Central America and within the Caribbean Sea. The red...
'Blue Marble' satellite image of the Earth
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'Blue Marble' Image of the Earth

'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most...
Map of Oceana's 2011 expedition to the Baltic Sea
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Map of Oceana's 2011 Baltic Expedition

In 2011, Oceana researchers spent two months surveying life and conditions in the...
A map of of the Caribbean, featuring the island of Curaçao.
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Curaçao

Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean is the site of the...
This computer screen image shows views of each sonar beam and the path being mapped by the ship.
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Multibeam Sonar Screen

Views of each sonar beam appear on the left side of this computer screen image...
The Arctic is one of the most undiscovered areas of the world.
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Launching an ROV

The Arctic is one of the most remote and uncharted areas of the world. With all the...
Ice divers descend through a hole in the ice.
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Descending Through the Ice

Ice divers Katrin Iken (left) and Elizabeth Siddon are about to descend through a...
Divers deep into the cold waters beneath the ice.
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Diving Beneath the Ice

The world beneath the Arctic ice is magical, but cold. Divers have to tolerate...
Scientists use a multinet to collect zooplankton.
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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...

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