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Oil in the Ocean

Each year, thousands of barrels of oil seep out of the ocean floor. On a 2009 cruise aboard the R/V Atlantis, WHOI chemist Christopher Reddy (right) and David Valentine of UC Santa Barbara looked at natural oil and methane seeps about one mile off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., using the human-occupied submersible Alvin…

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Oil in the Ocean
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Oil in the Ocean

Building the Observatory
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Building the Observatory

Up From the South
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Up From the South

Resistance in Action
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Resistance in Action

View from the Bottom
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View from the Bottom

Of Carbon and Rivers
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Of Carbon and Rivers

Pomp, Circumstance, and the Sea
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Pomp, Circumstance, and the Sea

How Cold Was It?
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How Cold Was It?

Tag and Release
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Tag and Release

Final Check
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Final Check

The Graduates
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The Graduates

Corals and carbon
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Corals and carbon

Assembly Line
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Assembly Line

Mission Controller
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Mission Controller

Spring Melt
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Spring Melt

Handy Trick
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Handy Trick

Culture Club
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Culture Club

Record Retrieval
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Record Retrieval

Ready to Dive
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Ready to Dive

World Oceans Day 2015
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World Oceans Day 2015

Keeping Warm
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Keeping Warm

Layers of Knowledge
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Layers of Knowledge

Congratulations Graduates
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Congratulations Graduates

Under the Waves, June 7
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Under the Waves, June 7

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