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Technology and Sea Turtles

Sea turtles may have survived the planetary changes that killed the dinosaurs, but...
Researchers tagging a giant leatherback sea turtle.
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Tagging a Leatherback Sea Turtle

Leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) are listed as critically endangered...
Giant Pacific Manta Ray, Roca Partida Sea Mount, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico
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Tagging and Tracking Animals Underwater

How do we know where ocean animals swim day and night? Scientists are getting...
May 2012
The Block Island wind farm is the first operational offshore wind farm in the United States. It consists of five wind turbines which powered up in December 2016 and were connected to the mainland energy grid in May 2017. 

An Ocean of Energy: Bringing Offshore Wind to America

Three miles off the coast of Block Island, a roughly ten square mile haven for...
August 2017
Two killer whales.
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How Drones in the Sky Unlock Secrets of the Sea

In August 2015, a group of ocean researchers gathered on the coast of Costa Rica to...
October 2016

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