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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 common dolphin with calf jump through the ocean.
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Common Dolphin and Calf

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A pod of Baird's beaked whales in the eastern North Pacific.
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Baird's Beaked Whales

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The acidic waters from the CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for shells to grow in the first place.
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Dissolving Shell

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For three weeks, the MV Chertan is home-base for the scientific team and will be transformed in a laboratory to study the effect of the CO2 seeps on reefs.
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MV Chertain Lab Boat

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Intense volcanic CO2 vents in Ili Ili Bua Bua, Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea.
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Carbon Dioxide Volcanic Seep

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A male sperm whale feeding near the surface.
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Sperm Whale Shows His Teeth

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Narwhals Breaching

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A veined octopus briefly leaves its hiding place, a shell, to devour a crab.
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Octopus Eating a Crab

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Museum Specialist Ruth Gibbons, aboard a deep sea research vessel processing specimens
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Ruth Gibbons

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Gentoo penguin mother with her chick in Antarctica.
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Gentoo Penguin Mother and Chick

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A harp seal pup rests on the ice at sunset in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada.
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Harp Seal Pup at Sunset

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