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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

The narwhal is an elusive mammal. During the winter months they feed in the deep...
March 2020
A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018
An image from a drone of Majuro island
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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
Fish swim in Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve off the Baja California peninsula.
overview

How Laws Around the World Help Improve Ocean Health

Solving environmental problems often starts with small groups of people working to...
April 2018
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

Students will learn via experimentation that ice formations on land will cause a...
Tue, 03/23/2010 - 11:20
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Understanding Sea Level Using Real Data

Students will use graphical data to understand changing sea levels and how they...
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 14:07
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Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
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SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

I am a member of SCUBAnauts International, an organization for young people...
May 2015
A light painted image of a hand-painted ceramic fish with light emitting from its mouth
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Using Light Painting to Teach Bioluminescence

What does a bioluminescent creature that lives more than two miles below the...
November 2011
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