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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

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Blue whale skull being installed at National Museum of Natural History.
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When Did Today’s Whales Get So Big?

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A beaked whale at the ocean's surface
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales

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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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A whale size comparison chart
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What is the Largest Whale? A Cetacea Size Comparison Chart.

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Red hot magma and ash erupt from an underwater volcano.
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An Underwater Volcanic Eruption

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seafoam
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Microbe Foam

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Screenshot from video showing a close-up image of a plankton.
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The Secret Life of Plankton

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a rhinoceros auklet with dark grey feathers and a white spike on its bill floats in the water
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The Forgotten Puffin

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Three juvenile Adélie penguins
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Juvenile Adélie Penguins

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The Portage Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska has retreated so much that it is no longer visible from the visitor center built for its viewing in 1986.
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Portage Glacier

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Two of the 38th Voyagers sing on board the Charles W. Morgan as it travels to ports throughout New England.
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Singing Shanties on the Charles W. Morgan

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