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Hurricanes fertilize mangrove forests, shape Florida Everglades

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Algae team rosters could help ID 'super corals'

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Corals in murky waters less affected by temperature stress

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Sinking of Zealandia, Earth's hidden continent, linked to forging of the Pacific 'Ring of Fire'

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Giant kelp gives Southern California marine ecosystems a strong foundation

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In death of the dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid

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Oceanographers predict increase in phytoplankton

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Study weighs deep-sea mining's impact on microbes

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Large 'herbivores of the sea' keep coral reefs healthy

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How many parasites can a bird carry?

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Microbes reflect the health of coral reefs

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Study analyzing cells' blueprints reveals new patterns in the global distribution and diversity of ocean microbes

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Microplastics million times more abundant in the ocean than previously thought

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Scientists show 'Red Queen' evolutionary principle at work in microbes in waters off Southern California

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Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network

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Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes

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Geoscientists develop technology to improve forecasting of earthquakes, tsunamis

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Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper

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Cell chemistry illuminated by laser light

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Galapagos sea life study highlights importance of biodiversity in the face of climate change

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Study uncovers magnetic memory of European glass eels

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Ancient molecules from the sea likely burst into the air from ocean waves

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Red seaweeds, including those in sushi, thrive despite ancestor's loss of genes

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Catastrophic events carry forests of trees thousands of miles to burial at sea

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Research reveals harmful algal blooms' daily cycles

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Dual approach to saving sinking cities, bleaching corals

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Predators and hidey-holes are good for coral reef fish populations

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Research provides new view of the critical role of plankton in marine carbon storage

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Atlantic Ocean circulation may get a jump-start from the other side of the world

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Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction

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