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The Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of over 900 sensors that track everything from climate change to extreme ...

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While the current location of Seward wasn’t the original, the name Seward has been a popular choice for not only places but also businesses and ships.

A new study led by Professor Mark Trimmer of Queen Mary University of London, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, ...

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A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a ...

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