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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

Article

On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...

Lesson Plan

Expedition to the Poles

Students will use NASA satellite data to...

Lesson Plan

Prince William's Oily Mess - A Tale of Recovery

How does an ecosystem recover from a major one-time insult such as an oil spill? As...

Lesson Plan

Self Contained Gulf Oil Spill Kit

A kit you can create to help your students understand the impacts of the Gulf Of...

Lesson Plan

It’s Not Just the Core that Tells the Hole Story

Students read about “down-hole logging” technology, in which instruments are...

Personal Perspectives

Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

For five years, I've had a photograph of Palmer Station, Antarctica, tacked up over...

Personal Perspectives

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

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...

Personal Perspectives

How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

There can be catastrophic results when a large amount of oil is spilled into the...

Personal Perspectives

Little Critters that tell a BIG Story: Benthic Foraminifera and the Gulf Oil Spill

You are not alone if you don’t know what forams (short for foraminifera) are, so...

Personal Perspectives

Diving into the Sandstorm

Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...