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The Missing Microbial Link in the Ocean Food Web

This work was supported by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative of...

July 2019

Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.

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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Jellyfish and comb jellies are gelatinous animals that drift through the ocean's...

April 2018

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....

April 2018

Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.

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The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....

April 2018

Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.

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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Seagrasses are found in shallow salty and brackish waters in many parts of the...

April 2018

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...

Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.

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Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas...

Sea otters floating on the surface of the ocean.

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Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

Who hasn’t grinned at the sight of a sea otter floating on its back while...

May 2017

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Top predators along the California coast are having a rough year. Recently starving...

May 2015

The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.

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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

How do you explain a scientific paper in three minutes or less? What if you were...

July 2014

Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.

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Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

It’s hard not to identify with penguins as they waddle about upright on land,...

April 2014

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

The pre-industrial American landscape was once rightly described as a place where...

March 2014

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The Missing Microbial Link in the Ocean Food Web

Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Gulf Oil Spill

The Arctic and The Antarctic

Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Blue Carbon

Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

Smithsonian Ocean

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The Missing Microbial Link in the Ocean Food Web

Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

Gulf Oil Spill

The Arctic and The Antarctic

Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Blue Carbon

Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

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