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What the Big Picture Can Teach Us About Tiny Ocean Creatures

A 1,000-pound metal instrument—about the size of a two-seat Smart car—drops off...

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REMUS the Robot

The REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is equipped with many sensors,...

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Five Methods for Tracking the Ocean's Motion

From the time of Aristotle until the European Renaissance, a roughly 1,000-year...

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Bamboo Plates Map Currents

These plates were tracked by a drone from above. ...

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Spying a Front

A ship moves through a front, possibly with oil....

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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

Oysters are powerhouses of water filtration. In a single day, one oyster can filter...

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Fish Heart Out of Water

Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at...

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The Ocean Plastics Lab

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Marine Debris on Midway Atoll

Piles of marine debris are continually collected by the researchers and workers who...

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Coral Eating Piece of Plastic

A white fleck of plastic is engulfed by a coral polyp. ...

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Plastic Pollution Infographic

An estimated 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic have been produced worldwide, but...

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Cells Get Fat

These cells are from a pygmy sperm whale in a laboratory culture dish. The red dyed...