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"Black smokers" spew hot water full of particles from the seafloor.
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Black Smoker at a Hydrothermal Vent

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass Meadow

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Seagrasses, like this widgeongrass (Ruppia maritima), produce seeds underwater that can travel long distances.
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Seagrass Seed

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A pile of dissolving sea stars.
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Dead, Diseased Sea Stars

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The MV Hanse Explorer
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Aboard the MV Hanse Explorer

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The Curasub is deployed by the R/V Chapman
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R/V Chapman and Curasub

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A plate from an Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) placed in waters off of Florida.
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ARMS Plate From Florida

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Purple octocoral at ECOGIG study site at the bottom of the sea.
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Purple Octocoral

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A live Acesta clam attached near the base of a small Callogorgia colony.
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Clam On Deep-sea Coral

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This rainbow sheen on the sea surface is what it looks like when the oil bubbles make it to the sea surface.
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Oily Sheen On Sea Surface

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Bull kelp (Nereocystis) becomes less valuable to grazers as it quickly rots.
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Nereocystis

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Submerged houses after Katrina
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Floods of Katrina

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