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Bob the Drifter

This video, produced by Waterlust, shows how the Consortium for Advanced Research...

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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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Taking the Ocean’s Temperature

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

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Bioluminescence

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

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Collecting Gold Coral from the Deep Sea

The robotic arm of a Pisces submersible collects a gold coral colony (Gerardia sp.)...

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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...

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Tapetail

This fish’s tail looks like a long streamer. It lives near the ocean’s surface...

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Buoy Collects Data on the Open Ocean

Sponsored by the United Nations, the Global Ocean Observing System is committed to...

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Mapping the Ocean Floor

After an introduction in which students try to identify hidden objects by the...

Personal Perspectives

Summer in a Sub: DROP Down to Discovery

You never know where following your passions can take you. I came to the...

What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

When he was 10 years old, Stephen Cairns lived in Cuba where he kept a collection...