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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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An Aerostat Balloon

An aerostat is readied to deploy....

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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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Drifters Overboard

The drifters are tossed overboard and then tracked via satellite. ...

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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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Hot, Cold, Fresh, Salty

An observer on the seashore may make the mistake of thinking that all ocean...

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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...

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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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A Beating Fish Heart

Following the Deepwater Horizons Oil Spill, oil entered the Gulf of Mexico...

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A New Ocean Zone Described with the Help of a Submersible

Beneath vibrant coral reefs, but above the lightless depths of the sea, lies the...