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Surge in nitrogen has turned Sargassum into the world's largest harmful algal bloom

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The 'grand tour' Atlantic Ocean water takes around the world

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Managing global climate change -- and local conditions -- key to coral reefs' survival

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Scientists discover that coral 'winners' may now be losers

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Northern star coral study findings could help protect tropical corals

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Scientists reveal links between migrating Gulf Stream and warming ocean waters

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Researchers begin to decipher the sea urchin microbiome

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Flooding in Houston polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore

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Taking the vital signs of the global ocean with biogeochemical floats

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U.S. East Coast sea level rise in 20th century fastest in 2,000 years

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Changes in ocean chemistry show how sea level affects global carbon cycle

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Researchers discover that 'cryptic species' respond differently to coral bleaching

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Sea otters keep remaining California kelp forests alive

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Littlest shop of horrors: Hungry green algae prefer to eat bacteria alive

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High-resolution ocean model looks at sea turtles' lost years

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Collapse of Northern California kelp forests will be hard to reverse

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Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process

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Sea ice kept oxygen from reaching deep ocean during last ice age, study finds

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The spillover effect of marine reserves

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Scientists solve climate change mystery

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Researchers discover an immense hydrocarbon cycle in the world's ocean

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Invasive mussels now control a key nutrient in the American Great Lakes

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Big differences in how coral reef fish larvae are dispersed

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New analysis highlights importance of groundwater discharge into oceans

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Organic matter, bacteria doom sea stars to oxygen depletion

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How to identify heat-stressed corals

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Deep-sea volcanoes: Windows into the subsurface

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Warm oceans helped first human migration from Asia to North America

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Coral recovery during a prolonged heatwave offers new hope

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To push or to pull? How many-limbed ocean organisms swim

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