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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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Bob the Drifter

This video, produced by Waterlust, shows how the Consortium for Advanced Research...

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Submersible Collects Deep-Sea Corals

Come along as scientist Dr. Brendan Roark narrates a submersible dive to collect...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Searching for the Plume

Part 4 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Sampling the Source

Part 3 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: How Much Oil?

Part 2 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's (WHOI)...

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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil

A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will...

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Following the Dye by Drone

This small drone helped scientists follow a trail of pink dye tracking water...

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Tracking CARTHE Drifters

Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to...

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After the Oil Spill: Research Projects in the Gulf of Mexico with GoMRI

The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) was formed as a 10-year independent...

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The Digsite at Cerro Ballena

Chilean and Smithsonian paleontologists study several fossil whale skeletons at...

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Horseshoe Crab in Massachusetts

A small horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) rests on seaweed in Stage Harbor,...