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Marine Snow Connects the Bright Surface With the Deep
Learn what marine snow means, then follow a simple surface-to-depth sketch that distinguishes sinking organic material from ordinary weather snow.
Follow the water
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Meet the habitats and living systems beneath coastal waters.
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A Coral Colony Is Built by Animals You May Barely Notice
Meet coral polyps and distinguish the living animals from the reef structures they help create, without treating every coral form as identical.
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The Seaweed Line on a Beach Is More Than Untidiness
Look at naturally stranded seaweed as part of beach habitat, while distinguishing it from human-made litter and avoiding disturbance during observation.
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Blue carbon begins below the postcard view
Explore why coastal vegetation and the soils beneath it matter to blue carbon, and what a landscape photograph cannot establish.
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Seagrass is a flowering plant with an underwater life
Seagrass and seaweed are different. Discover why rooted flowering plants form important meadows in shallow coastal water.