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An archaeologist arranges a deep-sea core.
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Sediment Cores

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Despite its fearsome look, the Atlantic wolffish (or sea wolf) isn't a danger to humans, largely preying on whelks, crabs, and sea urchins.
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The Toothy Sea Wolf

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The Block Island wind farm is the first operational offshore wind farm in the United States. It consists of five wind turbines which powered up in December 2016 and were connected to the mainland energy grid in May 2017. 
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Wind Turbines off of Block Island

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A fish from a deep underwater expedition sits preserved on a bed of ice.
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Fish on Ice

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Global Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

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a loggerhead Sea Turtle
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Loggerhead Sea Turtle

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Eat Your Methane Wheaties: Along with oil, natural gases such as methane spewed out of the deep-sea well during Deepwater Horizon. Researchers had no idea what would happen to this methane: would it bubble to the surface, dissolve in seawater and drift awa
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Eat Your Methane Wheaties

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A small, transparent, shell-less sea snail in the open ocean.
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A Chorus of Sea Angels

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This young Gonatus squid is still translucent, making it tricky for predators to spot it.
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Deep Sea Squid

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A group of students pick up trash along the coast of Guyana during the Ocean Conservancy's 2012 Coastal Cleanup.
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Picking Up Trash Along the Coast

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A white coral (Corallium sp.) and two vase sponges (left) grow on an Atlantic Ocean seamount.
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Balanus Seamount

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