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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.
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Gulf Oil Spill

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a brittle star clings to a pink coral
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Deep-Sea Corals

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a close up of bacteria
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Marine Microbes

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Two Adélie penguins on Paulet Island, Antarctica
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Penguins

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A sea turtle swimming
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Sea Turtles

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A wave curls near the shore.
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American Spaces

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives

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A right whale breaches, lifting its huge body out of the water.
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North Atlantic Right Whale

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Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.
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Climate Change

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two humpback whales swim underwater
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Whales and Dolphins

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A Mesozoic Ocean scene
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Ocean Through Time

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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