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the gulf stream depicted by temperature
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Line W: A 10-Year Portrait of Our Planet

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's "Line W" program is conducting research...
Fri, 12/16/2011 - 15:37
Nancy Knowlton giving a lecture
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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 1

Recorded Feb. 15, 2011, this video from the Third Student Summit on the Ocean and...
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 14:47
A satellite image of Hurricane Sandy as it passed over Cuba and Jamaica on October 25, 2012.
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Hurricane Sandy "Frankenstorm" Over Cuba

What do you get when you mix together a hurricane, the remnants of a wintry...
Students studying rainfall point their camera to the clouds.
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Rainfall Patterns in Hawaii

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Hawaii students studying the ocean and climate teach kids.
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Waikiki Aquarium Delegation

What can students do to help the ocean? It turns out, a lot! These students from...
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

What’s the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone? The short...
April 2018
Hurricanes hurt humans and marine life.
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Hurricanes and Marine Life

When hurricanes blow through an area, they don’t just have an impact on humans....
Hurricane Wind Pattern in Gulf of Mexico
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NOAA's Real Time Weather Mapping

A screen capture from NOAA's NowCoast website which displays real-time weather...
Carrie Bow Cay field station sits in the blue and turquoise waters of Belize.

Tracking volcanic rock to the shores of Belize

Mangrove Mystery – Where Did All the Pumice Come From? For years, scientists...
August 2012
Aerial image of Hurricane Bill
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The Ingredients for a Hurricane

I became interested in weather phenomena when I took physics in high school. At the...
October 2010
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