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A screenshot from the video showing an animation of ocean currents.
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Ocean Currents: Motion in the Ocean

When you look underwater, what is making the seagrass wave in the water? The answer...
Wed, 01/24/2018 - 09:53
A screenshot from video of a school of fish swimming.
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Bob the Drifter

This video, produced by Waterlust, shows how the Consortium for Advanced Research...
Fri, 02/07/2014 - 15:35
A screenshot from the video "Women in Oceanography" showing a woman standing on a research vessel.
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Women in Oceanography

If you think only men can helm research vessels to get their hands dirty and study...
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 07:22
the gulf stream depicted by temperature
video

Line W: A 10-Year Portrait of Our Planet

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Line W" program is conducting research...
Fri, 12/16/2011 - 15:37
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Loop Current of the Gulf of Mexico

This activity can be used for the study of currents with special attention on the...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 17:42
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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Teaching Physical Science Through Oceanography

This supplement was developed for university level students, but can be adapted for...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 17:36
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A scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) at Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.
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Do Sharks Smell in Stereo?

Animals, on land and in the ocean, live in a 3-D world, and they depend on their...
November 2010
One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.

Teams of Robots Can Help Us Build 3D Maps of the Ocean

One of the trickiest problems in marine science is figuring out how to map the...
August 2017
One-meter-tall plastic drifters are released into the Gulf of Mexico in 2012. Over 300 of these drifters were released and their location information was sent to researchers every five minutes through GPS satellite.

CARTHE Drifters: Where does oil go when it is spilled?

Throw a message in a bottle into the vast ocean and where does it go? The answer to...
February 2014
Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.

Tracking volcanic rock to the shores of Belize

Mangrove Mystery – Where Did All the Pumice Come From? For years, scientists...
August 2012
The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the  Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.
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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

Glider Technology Now Used to Study Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico The first...
October 2010

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