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REMUS the Robot

The REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is equipped with many sensors,...

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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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Meals of the Mighty Mosasaur

Between 100 and 65 million years ago, at the time when dinosaurs reigned on land,...

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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come

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

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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...

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Ups and Downs

The rise and fall of the ocean tides is a predictable phenomenon influenced by the...

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On the Trail of DNA in the Ocean

DNA is everywhere—it can be found in hair, saliva, blood, bones, feces or even...

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Mapping Out What’s Next for the Marshall Islands

For residents of the Marshall Islands, a system of over a thousand islands found on...

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Thin and Narrow

Roadways bridge the many small islands that make up the Majuro atoll. ...

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Bird's Eye of Majuro

A drone surveys the Majuro atoll from above. ...

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Sharks are also afraid of shark attacks

Caribbean reef sharks are not the reef's top predator. A fearful reef shark...

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Ocean Currents: Motion in the Ocean

When you look underwater, what is making the seagrass wave in the water? The answer...