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Divers deep into the cold waters beneath the ice.
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Diving Beneath the Ice

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This fish is using counterillumination to disappear. At left it stands out against the light above it. At right, with bioluminescent structures lit, it blends in.
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Fish Using Counterillumination

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A white coral (Corallium sp.) and two vase sponges (left) grow on an Atlantic Ocean seamount.
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Balanus Seamount

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Oil burns during a controlled fire May 6, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Burn

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Big Red Deep Sea Jellyfish
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Big Red Jellyfish

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Pacific cephalopods illustrate the wide diversity among this group of mollusks.
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Squids and Cephalopod Diversity

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Dinoflagellates are major producers of oxygen in the ocean (and freshwater). But some species can grow out of control, causing a red tide.
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Dinoflagellate

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The Carrie Bow Cay Marine Field Station supports marine research year-round.
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Field Station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

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Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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Oiled Seaweed after the Gulf Oil Spill

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A student helps deploy one of his school's adopted drifters for NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program.
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NOAA's Adopt a Drifter Program

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Male northern elephant seals face off for the best beach territory for mating season.
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Elephant Seals Tussle for Territory

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A large ship flushes water from its ballast tanks while at sea
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Ship Flushing Ballast Water at Sea

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