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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Caribbean Coral Reef and Climate Case Study

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Lenticulina secans-- this “benthic” foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected from southeastern Tanzania.
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Lenticulina secans

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Burning fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, spews almost 7 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.
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Smokestack from coal plant

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Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.
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Will Coral Reefs Survive Acidification?

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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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What is the Sea Ice Minimum? (And Why Do We Care)

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A screenshot from the video showing illustration of penguins on ice.
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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

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Forams are tiny single-celled organisms.
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Foraminifera

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Measurements of carbon dioxide in atmosphere since 1958
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Keeling Curve

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Colorful layers of a microscopic foram.
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A Colorful Foram: Globigerinoides ruber

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Students of the Alaska SeaLife Center delegation.
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Alaska SeaLife Center Delegation

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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A summertime channel carries melted ice to the sea. Antarctica and Greenland lose around 350 billion tons of ice each year from such melting.
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Ice Melt at the Poles

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