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Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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TeacherTECH 2006 Earth Day 2003 Lab move 2003 UCSD Open House Expanding Your Horizons Howard Hughes Summer Science Camp

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Brain Drain

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New HiDef photo of Earth. Credits - NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring.

Cover of Wolf Berger's book - Ocean.
OCEAN - Reflections
on a Century of Exploration

Giant ice balls The fresh scent of whale vomit Penguins ALWAYS catch
      their fish Mining those asteroids Invasion of the giant squids! Comet ISON:
      Passing by in 2013? Hurricane Sandy
      satellite video (large) Miles of pumice floats on ocean Sahara Fertilizes Amazon U.S. Drought and the food web U.S. Drought conditions California in your lifetime? Do we need wild animals
      and plants? SIO research:
      Making use of a reef pest Underwater historic sites Early corn: Anticipating climate Texas-sized drought Best photo of Earth yet! Oldest living thing? Google celebrates geologist New Antarctic Yeti Crab Extinction rate & climate change The quasicrystal Coastal Collapse, San Pedro, CA Nautilus loved to death Wooly mastodon for dinner? Hurricane Sandy satellite movie Scripps Pier Cam back! Now HD Video: Dancing aurora Mississippi flood, 2011 Mississippi flood, 1993 NASA: Vital Signs of the Planet Tsunami arrives at Scripps Japan Tsunami Simulation 2011 Japan earthquake 2011, USGS Toxic algae, stinky fish in Redondo Mt. Merapi Eruptions in Pictures Cuttlefish Video Screens Wolf's New Book - OCEAN

Expedition:

Descent to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Map courtesy Donna Blackman. Descent to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Join Scripps researcher, Dr. Donna Blackman and the entire scientific team, as they guide the deep submersible Alvin to probe the depths of the North Atlantic—exploring undersea mountains of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

Descent to Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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