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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

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Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...

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

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

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How do we know what coral reefs looked like hundreds of years ago? Often times, we...

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Webcast: 'We Sea Change,' a Climate Change Education Video

What is climate change, and how is it affecting coastal Carolina? That is the...

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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...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Searching for the Plume

Part 4 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...

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Science in a Time of Crisis: Sampling the Source

Part 3 of a 6-part series describing Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's efforts...