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Scientific submarine: Alvin adds value to deep sea research
Imagine you are a deep sea scientist, spending your whole career studying a place that you can never touch. Although it is only a few miles away, it is as unreachable as the moon. Finally, you are off ..
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The second life of whales
Scientists estimate the average lifespan of large whales to be around 50 to 75 years. Yet when these gentle ocean giants die and drift slowly to the seafloor, their bodies become a vast ecosyste ..
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Huge single cell animals live in the oceans’ deepest trenches
Down in the deepest trench of the ocean lives an organism comprised of a single cell that's not only visible with the naked eye– it’s visible from a distance.
A summer research expedition t ..
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