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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Animals of the Fire Ice

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Screenshot from video of an aerial view of the ocean drilling vessel Chikyu.
Video

The Ocean Drilling Vessel Chikyu

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Dive through the zones of the ocean to the deep ocean bottom where many strange species live, and there are many yet to be discovered. Explore them in the Deep Ocean Exploration section.
Article

What We DON'T Know About the Deep Sea

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Head to Foot

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An archaeologist arranges a deep-sea core.
Photo

Sediment Cores

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Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.
Article

The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

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Geologist Charles Paull (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) investigates geologic features similar to pingos on the Arctic Ocean floor where methane bubbles through sediments and forms hundreds of low hills. On land, a pingo is a place where permafrost bulges beneath a dried lake bed like this one in northern Canada.
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Ocean “Pingos”

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a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake
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Map of the Magnitude 5.8 Virginia Earthquake of 2011

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Small foram shells in seafloor sediment.
Article

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

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A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
Slideshow

Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Keep it Complex

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Undersea Geologic Features: Bathymetry

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