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A multi-colored map of the mid-Atlantic ride made from satellite imagery.
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How the Ocean Floor Helped Seal the Deal for Plate Tectonics

In the early twentieth century, when the Earth scientist Alfred Wegener proposed...
June 2022
An aerial view of the Hawaii's shore with lava flowing into the ocean from Kilauea volcano.
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Island Ecosystem Transformation via Lava

Residents of Hawaii’s Big Island are holding their breath, and it’s not just...
October 2018
An infographic explaining carbon sequestration
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Blue Carbon Infographic

When plants in the ocean die the carbon they use to build their tissues gets stored...
An image from a drone of Majuro island
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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...
June 2018
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Deep Sea Dive

NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes you on a dive to the depths of the...
Fri, 12/08/2017 - 11:48
A variety of corals cling to Manning Seamount, just off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
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Seamounts, A Deep-Sea Habitat

Thousands of seamounts—most of them undersea volcanoes—tower above the muddy...
Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:41
A deep sea crab (Rochinia crassa) poses with sea fan (Callogorgia spp.) and coral (Lophelia pertusa) on large carbonate boulder.
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Oil Invades Coral Communities of the Deep

On the deep seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico, ecosystems made up of fish, corals, sea...
Tue, 01/06/2015 - 13:37
the titanic underwater
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The Titanic Wrecksite

On her maiden voyage the Royal Mail Ship Titanic struck an iceberg in the North...
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 11:49
Screenshot from video tour of the Chikyu showing an illustration of the ship on water.
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Tour the Chikyu

Climb aboard the scientific ocean drilling vessel Chikyu for a tour of this...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 22:00
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The Ocean Drilling Vessel Chikyu

The Chikyu allows scientists to gather and study data about seafloor sediments as...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:57
A screenshot from the video "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program" showing the front of a research vessel moving through water.
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Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

Scientists from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) collect sediments...
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:49
A screenshot from the video showing red and white tube worms.
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Hydrothermal Vent Creatures

Travel to a world of perpetual night--the deep ocean hydrothermal vents near the...
Fri, 12/03/2010 - 12:59

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