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For centuries, scientists have taken inspiration from nature and the vast amount of species. Since the ocean is very unexplored,…
For centuries, scientists have taken inspiration from nature and the vast amount of species. Since the ocean is very unexplored,…
As humanity continues to release more and more carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, a lot of this carbon dioxide is…
The ocean facilitates many unlikely friendships. A clownfish darts through its forest of anemone tendrils, dangerous for most fish; however,…
It’s hard to imagine how a big rock floating in space hundreds of thousands of miles away could be such…
Breathing Life Back into the Ocean There’s something incredible about stepping onto a dock and watching the surface of the…
Salt marshes are an incredibly important, though often overlooked part of marine and coastal ecosystems. They provide many ecosystem services,…
What comes to mind for most people when they think of a sea turtle might be the 6 species that…
Whales are giants of the ocean not just in size, but in their ecological roles and complex behaviors. They shape…
Deep down beneath the ocean’s surface, where magma forms new seafloor, seawater temperatures reach over 700 degrees Fahrenheit. As this…
Deep beneath the surface, high salinity, anoxic underwater lakes harbor the remains of marine organisms that were not equipped to…