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The Sant Ocean Hall is the National Museum of Natural History's largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique and breathtaking introduction to the majesty of the ocean
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World Oceans Day 2014 Events

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an oyster shell on a beach
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How to Survive an Oil Spill: Oyster Edition

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Interfaz de usuario de la Fish App
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Hay una aplicación para eso: usando teléfonos para contribuir a una pesca sostenible

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A Honduran small-scale fisherman on a boat setting out to fish.
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Clever Measures Track Fishing Pressures

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Riftia tubeworm (Riftia pachyptila) colonies near hot spring.
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The Microbes That Keep Hydrothermal Vents Pumping

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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.
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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

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The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
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Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

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Encrusted Pumice

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Mark Dodd, a wildlife biologist from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources, surveying oiled sargassum seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
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The Oil Spill, Two Years Later

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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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Diversity of Deep-Sea Corals

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After ocean scientists sort deep-sea coral samples into their different types, they measure and photograph the specimens.
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Studying Deep-Sea Corals

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