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A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
Article

Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

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Illustration of an offshore oil rig.
Timeline

What Are Fossil Fuels?

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A school of mahi mahi.
Article

From Larvae to Adults – Finding Impacts of an Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi

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A tiny yellow goby living inside an abandoned can on the seafloor; Suruga Bay, Japan
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Yellow Goby

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep

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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
Article

How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Overview

Gulf Oil Spill

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A raindrop falls into a surface oil slick treated with chemical dispersant.
Slideshow

After the Oil Spill: Research Projects in the Gulf of Mexico with GoMRI

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Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead scientist for the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, releases a seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) in the Louisiana marsh.
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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

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corals of many colors in the deep sea
Article

Deep Gulf Restoration After a Monumental Oil Spill

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This queen parrotfish scrapes algae from Caribbean reefs with its parrot-like beak.
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From Despair to Repair: Protecting Parrotfish Can Help Bring Back Caribbean Coral Reefs

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Positioned in front of a natural oil seep, this video camera is capturing images of the black oil bubbling up from beneath the sea floor. A light mounted to the frame helps see what is happening in the dark on the sea floor.
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How Oil Feeds the Deep Sea

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