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Deep Sea Dive

NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes you on a dive to the depths of the...

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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...

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Scientists Discuss their Submersible Experience

Scientists talk about the experience of exploring the ocean in this excerpt from...

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ROV Collects Black Corals

The robotic arm of the Jason, a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), collects several...

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Big Red Jellyfish

Marine biologists from MBARI nicknamed this startlingly large jellyfish—which...

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Ocean Layers

Like a cake, the ocean has different layers—each with its own characteristics....

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I, Robot, Can Do That

Students describe and contrast three types of underwater robots. Students discuss...

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Call to Arms

Students describe human arm motion, design/construct mechanical arm model that...

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Deep-sea octocorals: An ecosystem of their own

The deep-sea is a vast part of the world’s ocean. Even today, it often surprises...

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Making a Mark on the Ocean Floor

Until very recently oceanography was a field dominated by men. A seafaring career,...

Martha Nizinski: Hooked on Deep-Sea Corals

Nine years ago I was invited by a colleague to join a research team investigating...

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Coral Scientist Brendan Roark: On an Urgent Mission

Deep-sea coral beds are true biodiversity hotspots. It’s urgent that we study...