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Student Comic Winner: The Impact of Global Warming

Sometimes, the key to understanding a complex scientific concept comes from a...

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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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An Oyster Reef

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

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Dispatches from the gulf: Mardi Gras, Jazz & Oysters 2

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Dispatches from the Gulf: Mardi Gras, Jazz & Oysters

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

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Oiled Marsh

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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Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

The open ocean - everything except the coast and bottom - is not the same at...

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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

As any mother knows, ensuring the safety of your kids is a tough job. For bull...

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Hurricane Storm Surge

Storm surge is the most deadly part of a hurricane or tropical storm. Winds can...

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Fish Heart Out of Water

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