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An Argo float transmits data
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Taking the Ocean’s Temperature

A fleet of underwater floats called Argo is deployed at more than 3,000 spots...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 14:04
A juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle emerges from the nest
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Taking the Temperature of the Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

The Kemp’s ridley is a “riddler” among sea turtles. Although the species was...
May 2014
a white coral on the seafloor
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An Ocean Heat Wave Reaches to the Seafloor

Florida shores are heating up to record breaking temperatures, and while the...
August 2023
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching

Students will learn about how ocean temperature increase can be a cause of coral...
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:30
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These bleached corals in the Gulf of Mexico are the result of increased water temperatures.
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Bleached Corals

What is coral bleaching? These white corals in the Gulf of Mexico’s Flower Garden...
Lenticulina secans-- this “benthic” foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected from southeastern Tanzania.
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Lenticulina secans

Lenticulina secans -- this foram lives on the seafloor. This specimen was collected...
Colorful layers of a microscopic foram.
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A Colorful Foram: Globigerinoides ruber

This foraminifera was collected as it floated about 3 meters below the...
Globotruncana falsostuarti -- a foram that lived about 75 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period.
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Globotruncana falsostuarti

Globotruncana falsostuarti -- a foram that lived about 75 million years ago, during...
Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right.
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Bleached Corals, Pacific Ocean

Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right....
UV light illuminates growth rings in a cross-section of 44-year-old Primnoa resedaformis coral found about 400 m (1,312 ft) deep off Newfoundland.
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Coral Growth Rings

Ultraviolet light illuminates the growth rings in a cross-section of a 44-year-old...
Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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In Hot Water

This lesson combines Life Science and Investigation State Standards as it builds on...
Fri, 11/30/2012 - 10:40
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A newly established black mangrove sits in a field of salt marsh near the northern limit of mangroves in Florida. Mangroves have been expanding near their northern limit in Florida and the expansion is linked to a reduction in the frequency of ex
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Finding Mangroves In Unexpected Places

Over the past several decades, Florida’s coastal wetlands have been changing....
February 2014

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