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World map during last ice age
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Ice Age Map of the World

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The bright, brilliant swirls of blue and green seen from space are a phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea.
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Geoengineering Phytoplankton Blooms

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A stormy sea lashes the village of Shismaref, Alaska, where the coastline has eroded 30–90 m (100–300 ft) in the past 30 years.
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Shismaref, Alaska

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Caution! Do Not Bleach

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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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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching

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Earth as seen from a satellite.
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Earth as seen from a satellite

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A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains
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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

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These schools of colorful reef fish call Raja Ampat, the global centre of fish diversity, home.
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Nature’s Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Coral Under Pressure: Monitoring Bleaching In Real Time

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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In the Arctic, the Times, They Are a-Changin: You Can Pitch in to Understand How

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A puffin with a mouthful of fish.
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Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak

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