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Artificial sea grass on low wave velocity. Caption: researchers tested artificial seagrass.

A seal swimming underwater near the ocean floor. Caption: still remain to satisfy diurnal scavengers

Scuba diver swimming above a flat surface covered in ocean detritus. Caption: the oceans are a tremendous place to work.

Digital illustration of a gray shark swimming through the ocean directly at us, teeth bared. Text reads, “Sharks.”

A C, G, I rendering of a wooden ship with 3 sails sailing out of a storm into the sun.

A woman with a painting pallet and a paintbrush. On her painting there are two clown fish. Spanish captions.

A book with a pop-up dolphin. Spanish captions.

Aerial image of a coral reef. Caption: is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World,

Illustration of the northeast coast of North America and a yellow cylindrical sub with fins sending and receiving signals from an orbiting satellite. Caption: What are we finding when we go below the waves?

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: A Feast of Bones

An underwater column of mussels with person in scuba gear in the background. Caption: Mussels are filter feeders--

A gray seal. Caption: Gray seal pups, thick with blubber, dot the island.

Global map of coral reef acidification. Yellow, orange, and red currents swirl across the globe. Map title reads, "Coral reefs and aragonite saturation. 499." A color scale reads from yellow to blue, "3.3, limit for carbonate coral reefs."

Closeup of a coral reef with different shapes, colors, and sizes of coral. A school of bright blue fish swims over the coral towards dark blue waters in the background.

Closeup of 2 yellow and black striped fish and a blue tailed fish swimming through ocean coral of varying sizes and shapes.

View below and in front of a sea turtle gliding through the blue ocean. His eyes look up and his flippers are pointed down taking strokes as his legs and tail extend behind him.

A discoloured coral colony labeled, bleached coral colony. Caption: The symbiont provides 75 percent to 80 percent of the energy.

An aerial image of a coral by the sea shore titled, Arrecife De Coral. Spanish Caption: podemos ver de que estan hechos estos arrecifes.

Close up of waves on the shore. Caption: it is dramatically changing the chemistry of the ocean.

Close up of globular coral with a striped tropical fish swimming in front. Caption: We will learn how super corals are being developed in the lab,

Gloved hand reaching into a small tank to pick up a piece of white coral being grown on a disc. Caption: that fight some of the worst infectious bacteria.

Towering coral reef with swimming fish as seen from below against the ocean surface. Caption: (narrator) But the whole reef system is in incredible danger.

Coral reef with a variety of marine plant and animal life. Caption: The goal is to restore the coral reef

Jagged shoreline with rough waves and plant life growing at the crest of the rocky peaks. Caption: ocean acidity will double by century's end

Extreme closeup of the cell structure of coral showing rectangular shape in the center of textured cell material. Labeled, (algae) ZooXanthellae. Caption: Zooxanthallae live inside some of the coral's cells.

Generally spherical white coral consisting of countless individual arm segments on the ocean floor. Caption: and the solution of their rescue might be within.

Flat, fan shaped, leaf-like structures grow off coral while a person in scuba gear swims by. Caption: Much of their oxygen comes off the coral reef.

Title text reads, "Coral Reefs," against a black background.

Front view of an orange squid swimming in the ocean. Caption: She can either keep it or toss it away as she chooses.

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: The Life Hydrologic

Close up of an anglerfish on the ocean floor with a flat belly, an ovoid, spiny body, and a rod protruding from its head. Caption: distinguished by the rod protruding from its head

Mass of twisting, turning arms with tiny sharp hooks. Caption: Basket stars are able to grow their limbs back

Large, light colored bathysaurus swimming along the bottom of the ocean. Caption Indonesian waters. Caption: (male narrator) This creature was found 6900 feet deep in the ocean.

A close up of a fish against a dark backdrop. Closely set fins and spots on face. Caption: Its skeleton is made of cartilage.

A sea spider with long, extremely thin legs crawling on the ocean floor. Caption: (male narrator) This creature was found 2300 feet deep in the ocean.

An all-white octopus perched on a rock protruding from the ocean floor. Caption: ["Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven playing]

Aerial view of a shoreline with a person body surfing and more people on the beach. Caption: rip currents account for 80% of beach rescues

Close up of a wave crashing on shore. Caption: Rip currents can form even in small waves,

Aerial view of apparently calm waves meeting the shore while a few people walk on the beach. Caption: make sure you know how to spot a rip current

Closeup of the white iridescent shell of a California floater mussel.

Computer rendering of a starfish's tube feet, bending at an angle from the base of its leg, as if it's leaning forward on the ground.

Closeup of a sea slug crawling across a bright green plant. The slug has an elongated irregular body that is pale yellow with black tiger stripes.

Close up of two puffins, one with fish in its mouth. Caption: During that time, the pair spends

A very large fish swims in the water with a school of smaller fish in the background. Caption: These gentle giants are goliath grouper --

Person holding a shell to their mouth. Caption: Our forefathers traveled the oceans far and wide,

Curving "C" shaped island with sharply elevated sides. Caption: Now the Galapagos is again a scientific frontier

Person in scuba gear with scientific equipment as seen from below. Caption: (man) I found out that the sharks on the reef were in trouble.

Scuba diver swimming over a teeming coral reef. Caption: (man) it's almost like a small laboratory for us.

Scuba diver swimming over a coral reef. Caption: I would go out every day and scuba dive on the reefs,

Coral reef in foreground, plant life, swimming fish and sandy ocean floor in background. Caption: (Sherman) This is what a healthy reef should look like,

A cast of horseshoe crab in the swampy waters. Caption: The tail, or telson, acts like a rudder when swimming

Still image from: Human Elements: My Ancestors Were Scientists

Still image from: Human Elements: Think Like an Octopus

An oceanic map. A scale shows a submarine diving below 3000 feet.

A diagram illustrates a seal going to dine on a squid.

Still image from: Importance of Oceans for Kids

lionfish. Caption: People buy them because they're beautiful fish.

View of Earth from space with arrows showing the ocean currents.

Closeup of a stingray with its fin lifted as it glides towards a brick wall under water.

Still image from: Lab Six: Sea Mammals (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Sharks (Spanish)

Still image from: Lab Six: Sharks II (Spanish)

We look up at the underside of a hammerhead shark with its open mouth baring sharp teeth as it swims in teal water.

Boat in the water. Caption: Lobster boats are real workhorses.

Lionfish swimming in the ocean surrounded by smaller fish and plants. Caption: Lionfish in the Atlantic are here to stay.

Still image from: Man O' Wars for Kids

A bird floats underwater while a school of small fish swirl around it. A marlin approaches from below. Caption: and the frenzy intensifies as marlin compete

Cartoon of a bright yellow seahorse and a shark swimming in a brightly colored coral reef. Caption: You are so good at hiding in that colorful coral reef!

Illustration of water with an arrow indicating a current moving through the water parallel to the surface. Caption: There are two types of marine currents.

Illustration of a river and tree partially obscured by grayish-white thin clouds. Caption: When we can see through the cloud, we call it a mist.

Illustration of brightly colored coral and plant life with tropical fish swimming through it. Caption: Coral reefs look like giant, underwater gardens

Illustration of water with a circular shape outlined beneath the surface. Caption: (narrator) Blue holes are deep, underwater wells.

Illustration of water against a curved shoreline. Caption: The tides vary in strength in different places on Earth.

Window into a large fish aquarium at the John G. Shedd Aquarium. Several different types of fish swim by, including 2 that are shiny silver, tall, and thin, and have squared-off foreheads.

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Seahorses

Still image from: My Pet and Me: Teeny Tiny Creatures--Starfish

Still image from: NASA Goddard SFC: The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt

Microscopic imagery compares bacteria cells in neat rows on a sharklet surface versus clusters of bacteria cells on a standard surface starting to spread.

Bald man wearing a T-shirt on a boat in the sea looks over to the right.

A large number of fishes are swimming in the deep sea. Caption: Deep Sea. Extent, 42% of the earth’s surface. Average depth, 4000 meters. Temperature range, minus 1.9 to 4 degrees Celsius.

A decaying log on the ocean floor. Caption: The creature feasts on wood that has sunk.

A piece of coral with a hole in it, a spiral shell with a point, and a sponge. Caption: There are different tools for different "porpoises."

Illustration of three round particles. Pyrite Particles. Caption: These tiny pyrite particles can travel a long distance away

Illustration of Antarctica with a current moving in an oval along one coast with branches moving out towards the rest of the ocean. Caption: Did you know there's a massive Southern Ocean current

Close up of the upper half of a shrimp surrounded by plant life and nestled in some rocks. Caption: but each individual had its own unique voice.

Slide shows light and royal blue text on a navy background that reads, "Ocean Animals for Kids."

Still image from: Ocean Facts for Kids

Close up of a sign for the Pacific Marine Mammal Center open daily 10am-4pm. Gravel parking lot and paved road with vehicles in the background. Caption: Welcome to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center

A person diving underwater.

Two person on a small motor boat move toward a bigger ship.

Person in scuba gear underwater. Caption: reminder to focus on the life he has yet to live

Still image from: Ocean Quest: Students of Valley Christian School

A bat flying in the sky.

An aerial view of a ship in the water.

An Octopus holding on to a bottle. Caption: Each arm has upto 200 suckers.

Beach at sunset with waves lapping on the shore. Caption: it nurtured life itself on this planet,

Rows of large frozen fish on the ground with people walking between the rows. Caption: Almost all the world's catch ends up here.

Mostly translucent animal with two wing-like structures and a tail. Caption: because from here down, creatures create their own.

School of small, silver fish. Caption: Creatures are on the move.

Animal on the ocean floor with branch like tangled limbs. Caption: All these zooplankton are food for larger animals in the ocean.

The deck of an underwater ship covered in debris and rusted metal. Caption: the wreckage of the Titanic rests on the seafloor,

A diagram illustrates that the sea shell habitats filters the water and protect the shoreline.

A beach. Caption: (Dabiri) we're very interested in how the ocean works.

Coral with a patch of color and the rest white. Caption: and it can kill multiple species of corals.

Green, rolling grasses. Caption: marshes like this one seem fated to shrink.

Three researchers in parkas with equipment on a sheet of ice. Caption: and a team are here to study algae,

A large warehouse with a sloping roof. Caption: (narrator) At the Center for Aerosol Impacts

Still image from: SciShow Kids: 5 Reasons Why Dolphins Are Awesome

Still image from: SciShow Kids: All About Anglerfish

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Let's Learn the Ocean Zones

Still image from: SciShow Kids: The Deepest Part of the Ocean

Still image from: SciShow Kids: Why Can't We Drink the Ocean?

Still image from: SciShow: Brinicles--Icicles o' Death

Glowing electric blue jellyfish swim in a navy-blue environment.

Illustration of a coral reef with other sea life swimming above. Caption: A coral reef sparkles on the ocean floor.

People standing on the edge of a tide pool holding a large net. Caption: carefully navigate around the tide pools

Manatee in shallow water with people standing around it. Caption: It was a really neat thing to watch.

Heron standing on a rock on the edge of the water. Caption: and that's how they catch fish.

Manatee swimming. Caption: IT'S WAY TOO COLD FOR THIS SUBTROPICAL SPECIES.

We look down at the front half of a sea turtle as it swims in teal water.

Still image from: Sharks for Kids

A group of fish swimming together. Caption: of a submerged mountain forming enormous schools.

Illustration of a person standing on the shoreline next to a squid with a body larger than the person is tall. Caption: had just found a giant squid, and would I be interested?

Still image from: Short Takes With Naturalist Rudy Mancke: Calcite Crystals

Still image from: Squid for Kids

An orange starfish and orange anemone. Caption: the battle and the anemone rises to defend itself.

Coral with an inset magnification showing overlapping small red dots. Caption: The color of the coral reflects millions of tiny algae

Coral of various shapes and a range of colors. Caption: and these are the corals we call "super corals."

Person swimming over a coral reef in shallow water. Caption: of biology that exists on the coral reef.

A bright yellow fish with white stripes. Caption: to probe for worms, crabs and other hidden prey.

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2210)

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2225)

Coral with branching limbs growing from the sea floor. Caption: Soft coral don't form large, rocklike reefs.

Crab with red legs and a darker body. Caption: Most of the year, the red crabs live in their burrows inland.

A pencil sketch of a fish with wing like fins, and a tail. On screen text, Jenny Hanivers. Caption: and became known as Jenny Hannivers,

The skull of the bottleneck dolphins is displayed on a table. Caption: Bottlenose dolphins have echolocation as well,

A small crustacean with a narrow body and long tendrils. Caption: How much do we know about it?

A large orange fish swimming in a reef. Caption: making sure that he is well groomed and ready.

A gray whale is surfing in the ocean. Caption: It is here that they begin and end the longest migration.

Two sea mammals swimming side by side. Caption: Her newborn calf sleeps snugly by her side.

Still image from: The Hunt: Hunger at Sea

People inside the magic school bus with a giant fish opening its mouth to swallow them visible through the window outside. Caption: And what eats little fish, like anchovies?

Students from the magic school bus underwater as mussels. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Now that you're mussels, act like mussels.

Student from the magic school bus underwater in scuba gear. Caption: Now let's clean up this place.

A glimpse of sunlight from under the deep waters. Caption: is the furthest that sunlight can penetrate the ocean.

We gaze down at foamy ocean waves as they crash on a rocky shore. Text reads, "The Oceans."

Boy looks at us with enthusiasm while sitting in a green forest next to moss-covered rocks. His backpack lies on the ground next to him.

Girl crouches slightly while walking through a dark, rocky cave.

Line of horseshoe crabs on the sea floor. Caption: where thousands come ashore during the full moon

Line of horseshoe crabs on the beach. Caption: Horseshoe crabs are super helpful.

A woman walking on a board walk. Caption: I am a research scientist by trade.

View of Earth from space. Caption: for the thermohaline circulation system.

Closely spaced plants growing toward the water's surface. Caption: They grow in dense groupings, much like a forest on land.

White background with gray grid lines. Title text in teal reads, "The electromagnetic spectrum." Underneath is a black line with waves getting tighter to the right, and a rainbow called, "visible light," highlighting a small portion of the line.

Blue sea anemones with a small orange fish inside it. Caption: Other animals use anemone venom for defense in less subtle ways.

Evergreen trees but up against a rocky shoreline. Caption: The area along the shoreline is rich with life.

White fish with black spots and yellow and black fins swims near the ocean floor. Caption: It can be found in the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Tubular spiny animal in various colors. Caption: There are thousands of different species.

Still image from: What Are Cnidarians?

Still image from: What's Wild: Marshland Crabs

White foaming waves crash on a rocky shore. Caption: Their activity ebbs and flows with the tides.

Still image from: Wild About Animals: Hawaii

Pink and yellow plant with branching limbs. Caption: We're discovering that life is much more creative

In the calm waters of the ocean, two orca whales breach the water as several more follow beneath the water behind them.

Large combine moves towards us, harvesting golden grain.

Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Ocean Exploration

Fully suited and masked scuba diver swims along the living coral of the Great Barrier Reef, reaching out to touch the plants.

From the perspective of a body camera, a person paddles an orange canoe over peaceful dark waters toward a tree-lined shore.

Woman wearing goggles and a wetsuit floats in the blue water of the ocean, reaching a device out towards a nearby shark.