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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.

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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

July 2013

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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.

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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

August 2014

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Meet the Tiny Bacteria That Give Anglerfishes Their Spooky Glow

October 2016

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The shell of a sea slug

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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

August 2017

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