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Cut of Atlantic Salmon on a Plate

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Love Salmon? Listen Up.

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

An opah at the Honolulu Fish Auction with a printed label attached that includes an ID number, bar code, the date, the receiver's ID number, the cart number, species name, vessel name, and weight of the fish.

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“Storied Fish”: Why Sustainable Seafood Requires A Tale

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Coral Reefs Need You

Photograph of an oiled brown pelican squatting on the beach.

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Animals and the Oil Spill: What Can You Do?

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Screenshot from "Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay" of students wearing life jackets on a boat.

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Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay

Screenshot from video of someone demonstrating light painting.

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Light Painting Tutorial

Satellite view of Earth.

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Earth Day, Spawned from the Sea

A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.

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Live from the Field: Bali, Indonesia

A student uses a marker to decorate a reusable lunch bag with ocean creatures

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Teaching Your Students About Marine Debris: a Classroom Activity

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2011 Student Summit on the Ocean & Coasts Webcast, Part 4

Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.

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World Oceans Day 2012

A beach scene with groups of people walking in the water and playing with the sand.

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Be Kind to the Beach

A red and yellow gyotaku-style fish print of a flounder

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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing

Musician Sam Lardner and friends created the 14-song CD Oceans Are Talking to inspire kids and adults to help save the ocean and the creatures living in it.

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Five Questions for Musician Sam Lardner

A diver collects water samples.

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Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean