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Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead scientist for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, releases a seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) in the Louisiana marsh.
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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead...
Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

Believe it or not, this unraveling thread is from hagfish slime. Hagfish are...
Fireworm Setae
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Fireworm Bristles

No, this isn't a bundle of paintbrushes: you're looking at a fireworm...
A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the slit at the center of the radiating ribs) tight.
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Closed-Mouth Coral

A live coral polyp with turquoise tissue and brown tentacles closes its mouth (the...
Tiny sponge spicules.
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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...
Corallimorpharian
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Soft Coral Close-Up

These neon balloons weren't blown up for a party: they are the colorful tentacles...
GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the effects of lower pH, higher temperatures and "food stress" on the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.
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Deep-water Corals and Acidification

GEOMAR scientist Armin Form works at his lab during a long-term experiment on the...
Researchers can study ocean acidification in the lab by rearing organisms (here, Lophelia deep-sea corals) in seawater with variable pH and measuring if they grow, eat, breathe, reproduce, or develop differently.
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Studying Acidification in the Lab

Researchers can study ocean acidification in the lab by rearing organisms in...
Branching coral in naturally acidic water.
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Fragile Branching Corals in Acidic Water

Branching corals, because of their more fragile structure, struggle to survive in...
But closer to the CO2 seeps, the complex reef has been replaced by a “monoculture” of boulder corals.
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Monoculture of Boulder Corals

Close to the volcanic CO2 seeps, the vast diversity of corals that exists in...
A healthy and vibrant coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
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A Healthy Coral Reef

Far away from the volcanic CO2 seeps, a healthy coral reef flourishes with a...
Acidic waters are also able to completely dissolve coral skeletons.
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Dissolving Coral Skeleton in Acidic Waters

Near the intense volcanic CO2 vents bubbling from the cracks in the seafloor, the...

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