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A screenshot from the video of colorful corals.
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Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef

How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...
Thu, 02/15/2018 - 10:59
A screenshot from the video showing equipment on a research vessel.
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Wavechasers and the Samoan Passage

Watch as a team of wave chasers heads to Somoa where they search for an undersea...
Wed, 12/02/2015 - 09:46
the powerpoint and speaker of a lecture
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Drugs From the Deep with Shirley Pomponi

Dr. Shirley Pomponi talks about thirty years of experience diving and searching for...
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 13:34
a siphonophore
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Encounters with Bioluminescent Creatures

Scientists describe the amazing bioluminescent creatures they encounter as they...
Thu, 04/29/2010 - 10:23
Screenshot from video of a scientist discussing experience in a submersible.
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Scientists Discuss their Submersible Experience

Scientists talk about the experience of exploring the ocean in this excerpt from...
Tue, 12/15/2009 - 17:00
A screenshot from the video "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program" showing the front of a research vessel moving through water.
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Scientists from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) collect sediments...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:49
After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.
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Studying Deep-Sea Corals

What happens to deep-sea coral samples after they are collected? In this image...
Thu, 06/09/2011 - 09:23
A spiraled diatom with spines.
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The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 10:34
The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...
Mon, 06/10/2013 - 11:37
Red Algae
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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....
Tiny sponge spicules.
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Sparkling Sponge Spicules

These sparkling sponge spicules are microscopic needle-like structures that many...
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...

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