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Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
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SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

I am a member of SCUBAnauts International, an organization for young people...
May 2015
Tiny jellies in a petri dish.
Article

Fishing for Plastic: Science in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By now, you have probably heard of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The name...
April 2015
A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
Personal Perspectives

Diving into the Sandstorm

Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...
December 2013
A sunset over Boston Harbor.
Personal Perspectives

Signs of a Recovering Harbor

For more than two centuries, Boston Harbor has been a dumping ground. In 1773,...
July 2013
Gabor Szathmary secures one of the plaster jackets containing a fossil "toothed" mysticete that was excavated on Vancouver Island.
Personal Perspectives

Whale fossils on the mainland, and into a CT scanner

After a few long days of hard work on the island, we were finally able to excavate...
May 2012
Plastic bottles and other marine debris cover a rocky beach in Curacao.
Personal Perspectives

Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea

We drove down a long dirt road on the northern side of CuraƧao looking for a...
July 2011
Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate
Personal Perspectives

Love Salmon? Listen Up.

Salmon are one of the most widely loved varieties of seafood in the world. A...
December 2010
A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
Article

Coral Reefs Need You

For those of you who have had the opportunity to visit a coral reef, you know that...
October 2010
Wooden painted fish on a school fence.
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Chinook Salmon: One Species at a Time

Can painted wooden fish on a schoolyard fence change human behavior and help clean...
Mon, 07/11/2011 - 14:17
A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

Live from the Field: Bali, Indonesia

About the IBRC The Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center (IBRC) was founded in...
May 2012
Ruth Meadows examines specimens as part of her Teacher at Sea experience.  NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows sorts specimens aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow as part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystem (MAR-ECO) project.
Article

NOAA Teacher at Sea Ruth Meadows

In 2009, Ruth Meadows, a science teacher from Opelika Middle School in Opelika, AL...
March 2010

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