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Chelsea Rochman dissects a dorado caught by the crew to see if it had eaten plastic. Nearly 10 percent of all fish collected on the expedition had plastic in their systems.
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Dorado Dissection

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Staghorn Coral
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Staghorn Coral in a Hurricane

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"Break On Through" was taken by Wendy Wolf at California's Pfeiffer Beach. This photo was a winning selection in the Portraits of Planet Ocean Flickr contest.
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Break on Through - Wendy Wolf

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Newspapers with shark attack headlines in South Africa.
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Shark Attack Headlines

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If this chick had survived, it could have lived a long time: Laysan albatrosses are very long-lived birds. The oldest known wild bird is a 62-year old Laysan albatross named “Wisdom,” who still rears chicks on Midway Atoll.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 9

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Much of the plastic comes from litter on land, which washes down storm drains and eventually makes it to the ocean. Some bits are from fishing nets and lines discarded by fishing boats.
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 7

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boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

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Pirate on the high sea
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Pirate Captain Keitt

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a blue embroidery shows zigzag stitching in a cirlce
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Sea Sounds Embroidered in Silk

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Sylvia Earle on a beach
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Sylvia Earle’s Algae Epic

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: Black corals often resemble bushes or trees. Their living tissue can be one of several colors. It’s the skeleton that is black.
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Black Corals of the Deep

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The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.
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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

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