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A large, black instrument is hauled onto a ship's deck by researchers wearing hard hats and life vests.
Article

What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...
March 2019
A screenshot from video of a school of fish swimming.
video

Bob the Drifter

This video, produced by Waterlust, shows how the Consortium for Advanced Research...
Fri, 02/07/2014 - 15:35
animation of scan of ocean floor
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Science in a Time of Crisis: Searching for the Plume

Part 4 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...
Tue, 05/10/2011 - 15:28
a burning oil platform
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Science in a Time of Crisis: Sampling the Source

Part 3 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...
Tue, 05/10/2011 - 14:27
spewing oil from broken well
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Science in a Time of Crisis: How Much Oil?

Part 2 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's (WHOI)...
Tue, 05/10/2011 - 14:18
California sea lions swimming
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Sea Lion Sickness

Both humans and sea lions get sick from eating fish and shellfish that have been...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 10:36
Hawaiian monk seals are among the wildlife found within the Papahānaumokuākea World Heritage Site.
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Backbone of Biodiversity at Risk

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the...
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 19:01
A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will travel throughout the Gulf of Mexico and send GPS coordinates to researchers.
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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will...
This small drone helped scientists to follow a trail of pink dye tracking ocean movement below the surface of the water in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Following the Dye by Drone

This small drone helped scientists follow a trail of pink dye tracking water...
Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to scientists through a GPS satellite. Some of the 5.7 million data points about the drifters locations are seen in this map of the Gulf.
Photo

Tracking CARTHE Drifters

Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to...
Harbor seal in a kelp forest near Cortes Bank, near San Diego California.
Photo

Harbor Seal in a Kelp Forest

California is known for it’s lovely beaches, good food, and sloping hills. But...
A young Kemp's ridley sea turtle in recovery.
Photo

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle recovers from oil

A young Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) recovers at the Audubon...

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