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Screen shot from lecture on World Ocean Day.
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The Last Wild Places In the Ocean Webcast

The ocean is not as natural as it once was. Where there used to be large predators...
Thu, 05/12/2011 - 16:36
an old image of the sea coast
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Ocean Acidification in the Puget Sound

Scientists predict that ocean acidification will impact communities around the...
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 15:13
a collage of different images
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Changing Tides - Brave New Ocean

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ocean acidification, and the decline of fish...
Wed, 02/02/2011 - 18:38
measuring a fish
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Really Small Fry: Shifting Baselines in Marine Fish Stocks

A public service announcement uses a dramatic example to emphasize that ocean fish...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:06
A bloom of moon jellies.
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A Bloom of Moon Jellies

In recent years, blooms of jellyfish, such as these moon jellies (Aurita aurita) in...
An Atlantic wolffish hiding on Cashes Ledge off the New England coast.
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Exploring a Unique Biodiversity Hotspot In the Gulf of Maine

Cashes Ledge is a wild, special place in the heart of the Gulf of Maine. This...
November 2014
A whale shark swims with a diver off the coast of East Africa.
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The Big Five of the Ocean: Exploring the Waters of East Africa

When we think "Africa," we think of the "Big Five"—lions, elephants, leopards,...
November 2012
The Line Islands are one of the most remote places in the Pacific Ocean.

Expedition to the Line Islands

Remotely located in the central Pacific Ocean, south of Hawaii, the Line Islands...
November 2009

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