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A bloom of algae from up above
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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

Drifting throughout the ocean, invisible to the naked eye, are innumerable...
August 2018
Horizontal bands of color represent different species of lichen that have adapted to the conditions at different heights above sea level.
Article

Seaside Lichens

Very few plant species can survive close to the ocean, where pounding surf fills...
August 2015
Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
Article

Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses

Slip into the water along a sheltered coast in nearly any part of the world and...
May 2015
School of blue rockfish in a kelp bed.
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Stinkin' Seaweed Makes Tasty Food for Coastal Animals

Most people try to avoid rotting kelp at the beach. The feeling of a floating piece...
October 2014
The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...
July 2014
Many species of pink coralline algae, which cements coral reefs together, cover a reef surface in the Southern Line Islands.
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Coralline Algae: The Unsung Architects of Coral Reefs

Stare at a tide pool and you will often see a crust of pink coating the bottom. No,...
January 2014
Where the pH is the lowest, corals can no longer grow - sand, rubble and seagrasses replace the reef.
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Sneak Peek: Future of Coral Reefs in an Acidifying Ocean

Scientists don’t often get the opportunity to travel through time. But nestled...
August 2012
Cartoon t-shirts with got plankton.
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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea

Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. A jumble of syllables akin to a complicated...
March 2018
Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.

With Every Breath You Take, Thank the Ocean

When was the last time you thought about your breathing? Take a breath right now...
July 2017
A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.

From Mermaids to Manatees: the Myth and the Reality

In centuries past, the ocean was thought to be full of krakens, sea serpents, sea...
March 2014
An algal bloom, also known as a red tide, has converted the ocean's surf to a red color
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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms

Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...
July 2011
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