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Jellyfish produce mucus, especially when stressed, which can interact with oil and break it down. This moon jellyfish is sloughing off mucus that has mixed with droplets of oil.
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How Jellyfish Break Down Oil After a Spill

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Blue Whale Feeding

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Afroz Shah spoke at the 2017 Earth Optimism Summit in Washington, DC about the largest beach cleanup in the world that he led on the beaches of Mumbai, India
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Afroz Shah - Earth Optimism Summit 2017

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Gulper Eel's Massive Jaws

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Valerie Paul on her relationship with Mary Rice

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

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underwater photo of floating mangrove propagules
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Floating Propagules

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Known as “viperfish”, these cryptic fish use their giant teeth to prey on other fish and can grow to be 2 feet long (24 inches).
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Midnight Hunter

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A close up of a sediment core.
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Sediment Core Close-Up

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Raccoon butterfly fish and angelfish on a reef in the Red Sea, near Sharm el Sheik, Egypt.
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Coral Reef Scene

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Lionfish on the on the Thistlegorm wreck in the Red Sea, Egypt.
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Lionfish in a Whirl

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Pink dye was released by CARTHE researchers on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and its movement tracked using underwater sensors, two small drones, a helicopter and a kite.
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How Does Seawater Move?

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