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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Introduction to Latitude and Longitude

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An arrow-worm from the genus Spadella. Alvariño discovered and classified the species Spadella gaetanoi in 1978.
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Ángeles Alvariño: Woman of Many Namesakes

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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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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Loop Current of the Gulf of Mexico

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One of ten robots that examined an area of 800 cubic kilometers in northern Monterey Bay, over the course of 24 days, in 2006.
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Teams of Robots Can Help Us Build 3D Maps of the Ocean

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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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An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.
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Five Questions with Uta Passow, How An Oil Spill Affects the Movement of Carbon In the Ocean

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The robotic underwater glider Scarlet Knight crossed the Atlantic over the course of several months in 2009.
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Underwater Robots Explore the Ocean

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