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a colorful sea urchin with red and white striped spikes
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Dazzling New Sea Urchin Species

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Dr. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, studies oil spills and their long-term impacts.
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Oil & Water Don't Mix

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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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Coal plant

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A frame-by-frame view of a Great White Shark breach- frame 1.
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Breaching Sequence 1

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Sunset at Ecola State Park, Near Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA
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Sunset at Ecola State Park, Near Cannon Beach, Ore., USA

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Hammerhead Shark, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

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Acidic waters are also able to completely dissolve coral skeletons.
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Dissolving Coral Skeleton in Acidic Waters

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A screenshot from the video "Making Aquaculture Sustainable" with tuna in an offshore fish farm in a net.
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Making Aquaculture Sustainable

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two scientists hammering a sediment core
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Oil and Water Don't Mix, Even After 40 Years

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Screenshot from video of a ship amidst broken up ice.
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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist

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A scientific diagram containing photos and illustrations of the bones and teeth of fossil whales.
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Bones and Teeth of South America's Oldest Fossil Whales

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Complete Fish Skeleton Discovered by Smithsonian Scientists in Panama
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Fish Skeleton Discovery

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