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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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In Hot Water

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Benthic Communities of the Arctic Ocean

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Consequences of Arctic Climate Change

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

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Swimmers brave the waters in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant. Coal plants like this one emit CO2 into our atmosphere which is warming the planet and altering the chemistry of the ocean.
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Climate Change

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Photo of totoaba swim bladders in market
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Totoaba Swim Bladders

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a sketch of a kayak design
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Kayak Sketch

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Rhabdosoma’s uncommon eye arrangement allows the animal to see 360 degrees.
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360-Degree Eyesight

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A healthy, deep sea octocoral and their brittle star partners
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Brittle stars and their best friends the octocorals

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Scientists use satellite images of the ocean to estimate chlorophyll concentrations in the water. You can see the yellow swirls of phytoplankton concentrated at the sea surface in this image.
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Satellite Image of Chlorophyll Concentration

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Starfish from Prince William Sound, Alaska
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Ocean Treasure: Starfish on the Alaskan Coast

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Two new species of sea stars were discovered in the deep sea: Paulasterias tyleri (on the left) in a North Pacific hydrothermal vent community, and Paulasterias mcclaini (on the right) in the deep sea off the coast of Antarctica.
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Two New Sea Stars

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