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The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System consists of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, and several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The system's seven sites illustrate the evolutionary h
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Charles Darwin's Ocean Upwelling

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A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
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Life in the Field

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a close up of bacteria
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Marine Microbes

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Design of a Beautiful Weapon

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Building a Better Dispersant: When we wash dishes at home, we use dish soap to break up and wash away any oil that is stuck to our plates and utensils. Similarly, stronger soap-like chemicals called dispersants can be used to break up oil spills, like thos
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Building a Better Dispersant

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A hermit crab looks out from its coral dwelling in the waters of Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
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The Perfect Underwater Photo

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Dr. Robert Ballard with an ROV
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Five Questions for Robert Ballard

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Looking for Love? Online Dating Under the Sea

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The corkwing wrasse is able to change color for many reasons.
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The Amazing Color Changing Corkwing Wrasse

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A white Antarctic landscape with John Weller standing away from the camera in the distance.
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Protecting a Pristine Ocean

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Atmospheric carbon is captured by coastal mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes at a rate five times faster than tropical forests.
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Blue Carbon

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