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The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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How Hurricanes Shape Wetlands in Southern Louisiana

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Mapping the Ocean Floor

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A shrimp boat fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
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Live Stream Event: Dispatches From the Gulf

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson

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Screenshot of Nancy Knowlton speaking at "Lecture: One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill"
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Lecture: One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill

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a thick multicolored oil sheen on the water inside a boat marina
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Oil on the Water

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A researcher holds an arm bone from a "toothed" mysticete whale from Vancouver Island.
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Arm Bone Fossil of an Ancient Toothed Whale

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A school of Atlantic bluefin tuna swimming.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: One Species at a Time

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Clean-up Your Act

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A photo of oceanographer Xavier Pastor aboard an Oceana research vessel surrounded by ice in the Baltic Sea
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Oceanographer Xavier Pastor

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Students from Veracruz, Mexico, are working with the Veracruz Aquarium and their local community to learn about the perception of climate change among the youth population in Veracruz.
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Veracruz Aquarium Delegation

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