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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Realms of the Arctic Ocean: pelagic, benthic and sea ice

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Orangutan crabs are covered in thin reddish hairs, and are frequently found living in bubble coral.
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Orangutan Crabs from Komodo Island

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A view through a microscope of animals collected on an ARMS.
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ARMS Sample Before Cleaning

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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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Bits of Plastic Marine Debris

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a pile of pink walruses
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Walrus Haulout

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Oceanographers divide the ocean into three broad zones, each with different species.
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Zones of the Open Ocean

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 Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.    
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Fan Sponge

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Sylvia Earle on a beach
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Sylvia Earle’s Algae Epic

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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

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A bowl of traditional shark fin soup.
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Shark Fin Soup

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Walruses use sea ice as platforms on which to nurse their young and launch their dives.
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Walrus: An Arctic Mammal in Peril?

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mussels and shrimp
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Cold Seep Mussel Bed

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