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A transparent amphipod looks a bit like a lobster, surrounded by white eggs.
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Amphipod: Salp Invader

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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California Grays Among the Ice

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The Galapagos Islands site in Ecuador was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1978. Located in the equatorial Pacific Ocean nearly 1000 km from South America, the Galapagos Islands and the surrounding marine reserve are a unique "living museum and show
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Sally Lightfood Crab, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

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A male surfer catching a wave in Hawaii
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Inside the Wave, Makena Beach, Maui

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Hurting Nature is Hurting Us As Well by Yeon Soo Park
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Hurting Nature is Hurting Us As Well

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Instead of creating sculptures like this one, volunteers with Debris Free Bonaire collect and throw out trash. As of May 2014, the group has removed more than 5,650 cubic feet of marine plastic from Bonaire's eastern coastline!
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Cleaning Bonaire's Beaches

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A plastic bag floats at sea.
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Plastic Bag Bans Work

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This map shows the localities represented by the Gulf of Mexico collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Map of Gulf of Mexico Collection

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The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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Great White Shark at sea surface – marvels of evolution.
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Great White Shark at Surface

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A photo of a European flounder in the Baltic Sea.
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Flounder Faces Pollution and Overfishing in Baltic Sea

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Head shot of Dr. Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium.
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Lecture: "Troubled Waters in the Gulf of Mexico"

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