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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

Welcome to Moorea, a tiny, isolated island in the middle of the vast Pacific....
April 2018
Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.
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The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....
April 2018
A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...
April 2018
Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.
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Teens Take Action on the Ocean & Climate

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 16:37
A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02
Mangrove roots provide an underwater habitat for many marine species.
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Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

Mangrove is the name for a tree—and also for a complex ecosystem—that bridges...
Mon, 09/29/2014 - 11:48
A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Celebrating Marine Moms

The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...
Wed, 04/24/2013 - 17:29
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