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Screenshot from video with large kelp leaves floating in the ocean.
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A Kelp's Slime

 Kelp provide a home for microbes to grow on—they're the reason kelp are so slimy....
Wed, 07/03/2019 - 15:55
Thumbnail of expert on Bobtail Squids.
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The Bobtail Squid

 A bobtail squid expertly blends in with the light shining from the sea surface, but...
Tue, 02/13/2018 - 14:28
An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S....
Smithsonian researchers eat a meal in preparation for a fossil excavation
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A Squalodontid Success

 On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
Atmospheric carbon is captured by coastal mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes at a rate five times faster than tropical forests.
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Blue Carbon

 What is blue carbon? It's a term used to describe the carbon that is captured from...
dugong feeds on seagrass in the Red Sea
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Dugong Feeding

 Dugongs, along with manatees, make up a group of marine mammals called sirenians or...