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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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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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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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Algae Bloom Brings a Red Tide

An algae called Karenia brevis can bloom into a sea of red when there are...

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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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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

Mangroves are the biological buffers between land and sea. Without them,...

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Anemone Feeding Time

Anemones are known for serving as homes for Nemo and countless other small fish and...

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Miami Connects Art and Mangrove Restoration

In coastal towns and cities, vast areas now inhabited by super markets, houses,...

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Seagrasses and Light in the Chesapeake Bay

Seagrasses growing on the seafloor of the Chesapeake Bay rely on light to...

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The Secret Life of Plankton

Imagine if a fish at the market could tell you where it came from; what would it...

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Sea Grapes: A Google Earth Tour

“Sea grapes” may sound like something Poseidon would snack on, and not a killer...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Tracking the Currents

Part 5 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...