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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...

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Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is sometimes called “climate change’s equally evil twin,”...

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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...

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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...

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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

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Spirals in Time: A Walk at the Seashore

When I set out to write a book about mollusks (called Spirals in Time), I wasn't...

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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...

An Ocean of Energy: Bringing Offshore Wind to America

Three miles off the coast of Block Island, a roughly ten square mile haven for...

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Sickly Starfish: A Q&A with Dr. Chris Mah

Since summer 2013, starfish along both coasts of the United States have been dying...

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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

  More than ever, the fate of the ocean is in our hands. To be good...