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an orange coral at the bottom of the ocean
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A Fantastic Journey: From the Seafloor to the Museum Collection

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Waves breaking on the shore
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Currents, Waves, and Tides

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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A submersible explores the deep reefs off of Curacao in the Caribbean.
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DROP: The Deep Reef Observation Project

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A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
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Ocean Acidification

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

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A sandy grey bird with orange and yellow bands stands on a rocky beach.
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Protecting Piping Plovers: How Conservationists Shield These Shorebirds From a Trio of Extinction Threats

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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

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Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.
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Jellyfish and Comb Jellies

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