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Late one afternoon in February 2019, Melanie White and the other members of a...

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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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Nature's Best Photography 2018

Explore the winning photos from the 2018 Nature's Best Photography contest! Every...

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

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Much like rising and setting sun has an impact on life on Earth, the cycle of the...

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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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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. ...