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Remotely operated vehicles, ROVs, aid in deep-sea ocean exploration
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Diving Deeper

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An albatross caught on a fishing line.
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Accidental Catch

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A great white shark next to a giant megatooth shark
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How Big are Great White Sharks?

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This lizardfish rests on the bottom, waiting to snatch prey.
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Deepsea Lizardfish

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The New England Seamount Chain is the longest in the North Atlantic Ocean and includes peaks of more than 30 extinct volcanoes.
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Map of New England Seamount Chain

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This deep-sea jellyfish was caught on film by an ROV east of Izu-Oshina Island, Japan.
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Atolla Jellyfish from the Waters of Japan

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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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Colorful layers of a microscopic foram.
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A Colorful Foram: Globigerinoides ruber

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Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
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Fish Feeding in Seagrass

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The coastline of American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary
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American Samoa National Marine Sanctuary

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This scientific illustration of a giant squid shows off its two long tentacle and its 8 shorter arms.
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Deep-sea Giant Squid

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A dredge from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can be seen removing a sandbar off of Virginia Beach, VA.
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Dredging Sand

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