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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives

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A view of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as seen from a NOAA research aircraft, June 2010.
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Discoveries Abound During Oil Spill Research

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Smithsonian scientists race the tide the excavate an ancient whale fossil entombed in rock
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Fossil Whale Found, Excavated, Jacketed, and Returned to STRI!

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Tres peces grises nadan frente a una gran cabeza de coral.
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Cabo Pulmo – esperanza para los arrecifes de coral

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A Barbudan fisherman with a fresh lobster catch!
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The Blue Halo – Barbuda and Beyond

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Sea Level Rise

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An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

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an elephant seal with a tracker
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Citizens of the High Seas

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North Atlantic right whales and ocean-going vessels often cross paths.
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Slow Down for Right Whales

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Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
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Deep-sea Corals

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a black and white photo of a woman holding a glass award
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Dr. Marian Pettibone, A Woman of Firsts

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Una mujer sostiene una bandeja blanca que exhibe joyas de pez león.
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Si la vida te da un pez león...

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