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What are the different types of plate tectonic boundaries?
This image shows the three main types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform. Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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What does “CTD” stand for?
A CTD Rosette is lowered into the water to measure the salinity, temperature, depth and concentration of particles in the water column. Image...
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Which ocean basin is the smallest?
The science team during the Hidden Ocean 2005 expedition to explore remote parts of...
Why do we study shipwrecks?
Maritime archeologists document the Montana, a wreck in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which...
What is an Expendable Bathythermograph, or “XBT”?
Okeanos Explorer Mapping Team Lead Meme Lobecker conducts an XBT cast to measure temperature...
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Cedar Plank Salmon with Brown Sugar and Black Pepper
CEDAR PLANK SALMON WITH BROWN SUGAR & BLACK PEPPER
I like to serve the salmon still...
How is light distributed in the ocean?
Munidopsis albatrossae, a blind “squat lobster,” lives at depths up to 2,500 meters. Because...
What are the different types of plate tectonic boundaries?
This image shows the three main types of plate boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform....
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Why are seamounts ‘hot spots’ for biodiversity?
One spectacular hard rock area had a very high coral diversity during a on Retriever Seamount. This one image has bamboo corals, black...
Where do ocean waves come from?
A tsunami-detecting DART buoy, deployed by NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown in the Pacific ocean, bobs up and down amongst large surface waves....
OPC Mid Atlantic Offshore Waters Forecast
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What is upwelling?
During upwelling, wind-displaced surface waters are replaced by cold, nutrient-rich water that wells up from below. Figure modified by D. Reed from image...
How does the temperature of ocean water vary?
<img src="http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/temp-vary-300.jpg" alt="This squat lobster was seen during dive on Hutchinson Seamount within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. The surface water temperature...
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Everett Coho Derby 25th Anniversary
Thanks to the Everett Coho Derby for having us this weekend for the 25th anniversary Coho derby. What a fun event! Thanks also to all of...
What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
The nearly continuous, global Mid-Ocean Ridge system snakes across the Earth’s surface like the seam on a baseball. It is clearly visible on...
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Albacore in th Mid Atlantic
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There’s some halibut down there!
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There’s Tuna in Washington!
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Trophy butts, lings and kings at Qualicum Rivers Resort
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