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The acidic waters from the CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for shells to grow in the first place.
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Dissolving Shell

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Jellies in the Class Hydrozoa are transparent and easily overlooked.
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Transparent sea jelly

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a spotted dolphin swims through the ocean at night
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins, Little Bahama Bank, The Bahamas

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Rutgers oceanographers and robotic glider
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The Scarlet Knight and Rutgers Oceanographers

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A pile of bycatch species.
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A Net Full of Bycatch

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Melissa Frey, Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellow, examines a Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) on a chilly day in Sidney, British Columbia. In addition to holding an EOL Fellowship, Melissa is a Research Associate at the Royal BC Museum, where she continues to engage in taxonomic studies.
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Taxonomic studies

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Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.
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Protecting Arctic habitat

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The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

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Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read shown in men's clothes
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Ann Bonny and Mary Read

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Blackbeard’s flag showed a skeleton piercing a heart and toasting the devil.
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Blackbeard’s Pirate Flag

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Oil on the water’s surface in the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Official Report on Gulf Oil Spill Released

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A thick stand of mangroves with tangled roots lines an island creek in Panama.
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Caribbean Mangroves

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