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Rip currents are dangerous and fast moving.
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Rip Current

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Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.
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Tracking volcanic rock to the shores of Belize

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To protect Venice from rising seas, Dimitri Deheyn (Scripps Institution/UC San Diego Sediment Research Group) studied the environmental impact of dredging sediment from the waterways.
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Saving Venice, Italy

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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.
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Deploying GLAD Drifters

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The shell of a sea slug
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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

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Waves breaking on the shore
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Currents, Waves, and Tides

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A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will travel throughout the Gulf of Mexico and send GPS coordinates to researchers.
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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

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The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada has the highest tidal range. The tides range from 3.5m (11ft) to 16m (53ft) and cause erosion to the landscape, creating massive cliffs.
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Bay of Fundy

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
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Ocean Trash Plaguing Our Sea

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shallow pans carved out of the sea coast create many pools with a seascape in the background
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The Salt Pans

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Pink dye was released by CARTHE researchers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its movement tracked using underwater sensors, two small drones, a helicopter and a kite.
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How Does Seawater Move?

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Illustration of eddy fields in the Atlantic Ocean
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Robot Explores Ocean Eddies

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