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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What Drives Ocean Currents?

 Students will gain an understanding of how water density and salinity affect ocean...
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shallow pans carved out of the sea coast create many pools with a seascape in the background
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The Salt Pans

 The Mediterranean is super salty due to intense evaporation. Here, locals in...
boats sit in the mud at low tide underneath a sunset
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Low Tide

 As the tide recedes moored boats are left to sit in the muddy sand. ...
arrows represent water movement
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The Ekman Spiral

 As wind blows over the surface layer of water, friction between the two pulls the...
a map of North America with the swirling tides
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Visualizing Currents

 Currents on the ocean surface are driven by wind, temperature, gravity, and the...
A Pholas dactylus clam illustration.
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The Borer of Holes

 These clams (Pholas dactylus) are dazzling to see.  From their encased homes,...
The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it isn’t actually an abalone) is found along the entire coast of Chile.
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The Loco of Chile

 The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it...
Juvenile Clam with Tentacles
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Spaceship Mollusk

 No, this is not an alien spaceship from another world—it is a baby file clam...