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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
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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
the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico
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Science in a Time of Crisis: Tracking the Currents

Part 5 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...
Tue, 05/10/2011 - 15:44
a large ship under a bridge
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Ship Under a Bridge

Ocean conditions change every hour of every day. Tides, currents, and winds are...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 11:34
Illustration of Robotic Glider Evading Fishing Nets
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Robotic Ocean Explorer

This is the world’s first unmanned, underwater robot—or “glider”—to cross...
Wed, 12/08/2010 - 12:08
Illustration of eddy fields in the Atlantic Ocean
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Robot Explores Ocean Eddies

The first unmanned, underwater robot or glider Scarlet Knight maneuvers through the...
The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while...
Hurricane Wind Pattern in Gulf of Mexico
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NOAA's Real Time Weather Mapping

A screen capture from NOAA's NowCoast website which displays real-time weather...
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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A student helps deploy one of his school's adopted drifters for NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program.
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NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program

NOAA is working with students across the globe to place floating buoys throughout...

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