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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

The deep-sea is a treasure trove of resources. Diverse ecosystems cozy up next to...
June 2020
A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
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Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
A clear tomoptorid with many leg-like parapodia photographed on a black background.
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Tech Imitates Life: Sneaky Sea Worm Inspires Soft Robots

Technology is evolving faster than ever, and that means sci-fi fantasies of...
November 2019
Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
overview

Giant Squid

Giant squid live up to their name: the largest giant squid ever recorded by...
April 2018
On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

The ocean never stops moving. When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede...
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
Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
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Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...
July 2015
"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.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

Microbes are some of the most important organisms in the sea. These miniscule...
August 2014
The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...
July 2014
Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...
February 2013
Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
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What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

Imagine: You’re in a small submersible, and you gently settle on the soft muddy...
July 2012
Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
Personal Perspectives

A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...
May 2012

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