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NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY

Ocean & Coasts
Marine & Aviation

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Aerial images of damage from #Isaias now available online

NOAA OCEAN SERVICE

Ocean & Coasts

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Large-scale marine debris: 4 ways to clean up the big stuff

FISHERIES | SEA TURTLES

Fisheries

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Olive ridley sea turtles nest in California for the first time

Saildrone research fleet to circle Antarctica for 5 years