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The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Still Cloudy, With a Chance of Clearing
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Once sculpted and changed by ice, water, and powerful geologic forces over tens of millions of years, today's Bay is…

Dec 1, 2016
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Gonzalo Stirs Up Sediment and the Carbon Cycle
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The potent storm spread coraline sediments from the shallows around Bermuda into the deeper ocean.

Oct 25, 2014
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Sediment off the Yucatan Peninsula
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A burst of color lit the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico off the Yucatan Peninsula on December 14,…

Jan 2, 2009
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Maracaibo City and Oil Slick, Venezuela
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This astronaut photograph depicts the narrow strait between Lake Maracaibo and the Gulf of Venezuela. The brackish lake sits on…

Jul 8, 2007
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Oil Spill Near Beirut
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In the summer of 2006, the conflict between Israel and Lebanon caused an oil spill along the coast of Lebanon.…

Aug 21, 2006
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Cause and Effect of Florida Black Water
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In early 2002, a patch of “black water” spanning over 60 miles in diameter formed off southwestern Florida and contributed…

Apr 17, 2003
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Sulfur Plume Off Namibia
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Off the coast of Namibia in southwest Africa, a cold, deep current snakes northward past the Namib Desert carrying icy…

Feb 3, 2003
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Mysterious Black Water off Florida’s Gulf Coast
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In mid-December last year, a mysterious black water overtook the normally bluishgreen waters of Florida Bay. Over the course of…

Mar 21, 2002
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Water Quality Monitoring
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Researchers are using satellite data to measure lake water quality and clarity of the lakes in the Upper Midwest.

Mar 15, 2002
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