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The myriad species floating atop the world’s seas, called neuston, are mysterious and understudied, complicating efforts to clean up plastic pollution.

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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Sixth Mass Bleaching in Two Decades

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Microplastics in Seawater May Harbor Parasites

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Coral Deaths Spurred by Pollutants From Land

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Just 13 Percent of Ocean Is Wilderness: Study

Climate Change Research Gets Closer to Nature

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Marine Biologist Susan Williams Dies

Ocean Heat Wave Wreaked Havoc on Great Barrier Reef

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Lubchenco on Conservation

Study: Warming Waters Cause Deadly Bleaching in Great Barrier Reef

Ocean Viruses Cataloged

Changing Oceans Breed Disease

Identifying Resilient Reefs

Ocean Sentinels

An Ocean of Plastic

La Bohème: A Portrait of Our Oceans in Peril

Love Song for an Ailing Planet

Seals Reveal Ocean Secrets

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