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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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An Oyster Reef

Oysters were a significant part of Louisiana's economy in 2010. After the oil BP...

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New Orleans is a city defined by Mardi Gras, jazz, and oysters – lots of oysters....

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Areas of Louisiana's coastal marsh became covered in oil following the BP 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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Seeing Algae from Space

In November 2004, scientists confirmed an algae bloom off the West Coast of...

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

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Under the lens of a microscope—in a shallow, glass well—spindly orbs pulse at...

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Dispatches from the Gulf: Centers of Innovation

After the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, scientists needed to understand exactly how the...