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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

Beneath vibrant coral reefs, but above the lightless depths of the sea, lies the...

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Exploring Ocean Life with an Underwater Vehicle

Studies along the Northwest Atlantic Ocean shelf break- the transition from...

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Line W: A 10-Year Portrait of Our Planet

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Line W" program is conducting research...

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Taking the Ocean’s Temperature

A fleet of underwater floats called Argo is deployed at more than 3,000 spots...

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Sea Levels on the Move

Through the use of satellites and land survey tools, scientists are learning about...

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Sea Creatures from the Deep: A Video by National Geographic and the Census of Marine Life

The Census of Marine Life - a ten-year effort by scientists from...

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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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Bioluminescence

You may have seen the sparkle of fireflies on a summer’s night. The fireflies...

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A New Fish DROP-ping In

By diving in the Curasub, Smithsonian researchers with the Deep Reef Observation...

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A Baby Moray Eel, or a Really Small Adult?

This is an unidentified moray eel, collected from 650 feet off the coast of...

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Mystery from the Deep: The Puzzling Case of the Whalefish

In 1895, two Smithsonian scientists described a new kind of deep sea creature,...

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Smithsonian Fish Collections

There are about 4 million specimens in the fish collection housed at the National...