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Hurricane Wind Pattern in Gulf of Mexico
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NOAA's Real Time Weather Mapping

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Rip currents are dangerous and fast moving.
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Rip Current

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a ribbon on the globe represents oceanic currents
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Thermohaline Circulation Map

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What Drives Ocean Currents?

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Illustration of Robotic Glider Evading Fishing Nets
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Robotic Ocean Explorer

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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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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 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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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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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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

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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

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Loop Current of the Gulf of Mexico

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