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Scientists Use Bioacoustics to Protect Marine Mammals
Marine mammals such as whales, dolphins, and seals have an amazing ability to hold...
September 2011
slideshow
A Squalodontid Success
On a beach in Piña, Panama the tide is rolling out. Faint outlines of skeletal...
Wed, 06/22/2011 - 17:47
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Seeing with Sound: Acoustic monitoring of beaked whales
When compared to dolphins and large baleen whales, beaked whales lose a bit of the...
November 2017
Article
Happy 50th Birthday, FLIP – a Mobile Research Island
Ships are well-known for their tiny rooms and tight quarters. But have you heard of...
July 2012
FLIP: The FLoating Instrument Platform
You’re out to sea on a 355 foot platform, and suddenly one end begins to slowly...
July 2012
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If You Build An Ocean, Sea Monsters Will Come
Building a productive ocean is complicated. The process is long (on the order of...
October 2018
Lesson Plan
It’s Sedimentary, My Dear Watson
In this introductory activity, students analyze core sample data to identify...
Mon, 03/15/2010 - 14:56
Lesson Plan
Wreck Detectives
Students utilize a grid system to document the location of artifacts recovered from...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:08
Personal Perspectives
History and Modern Science Collide for the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan
Traveling aboard the Charles W. Morgan, a 173-year-old whaling ship on its 38th...
July 2014
Personal Perspectives
Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans
If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...
June 2014
Personal Perspectives
One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species
My father once told me that the world is divided into two kinds of people: those...
December 2012
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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms
Algae, like all organisms, normally grow in balance with their ecosystems, limited...
July 2011