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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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How Do Sea Lions Swim?

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Two Adélie penguins on Paulet Island, Antarctica
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Penguins

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A mosaic of photos from underwater live stream cameras.
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Get Your Ocean Fix From Home

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a colored shakemap from the M5.8 Virginia Earthquake depicts the shake range and epicenter of the earthquake
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A Guide to Earthquake Lesson Plans

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An estimated 5 tons of plastic are fed to albatross chicks each year at Midway Atoll.
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What We’re Reading 11/14

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A bull shark's ability to prey on many different species is helped by its capacity to survive in both freshwater and saltwater.
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Smithsonian Stunt Turns Ocean Hall into Living Aquarium

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"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris
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Chasing a Basking Shark

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A multi-colored map of the mid-Atlantic ride made from satellite imagery.
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How the Ocean Floor Helped Seal the Deal for Plate Tectonics

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The shell of a sea slug
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A Microscopic Identity Crisis

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Native Knowledge of the Narwhal

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Where the pH is the lowest, corals can no longer grow - sand, rubble and seagrasses replace the reef.
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Sneak Peek: Future of Coral Reefs in an Acidifying Ocean

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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate
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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

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