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What Exactly Is a Red Tide?

August 2018

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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

July 2014

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Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile

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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

March 2014

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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

July 2011

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