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This squat lobster was seen on Santa Rosa Reef southwest of Guam during the first dive of the 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas.

Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: June

Spend World Ocean Month with a squat lobster (on your desktop!)

Machine Learning for Automated Detection of Shipwreck Sites from Large Area Robotic Surveys

Machine Learning for Automated Detection of Shipwreck Sites from Large Area Robotic Surveys

After sediment samples are washed and the meiofauna has been extracted from most of the sediment grains, the microscopic organisms can be seen under the stereomicroscope. Here is an image of mainly nematodes (roundworms) and copepods (small crustaceans) from a coastal sample.

What are “marine meiofauna”?

Our Submerged Past: Exploring Inundated Late Pleistocene (10,600 - 17,000 years ago) Caves in Southeast Alaska with Sunfish

Our Submerged Past: Exploring Inundated Late Pleistocene (10,600 - 17,000 years ago) Caves in Southeast Alaska with Sunfish

About NOAA Ocean Exploration

About NOAA Ocean Exploration

Learn about NOAA Ocean Exploration, the nation's only federal organization dedicated to exploring the global ocean.

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FY23 Funding Opportunity

FY23 Funding Opportunity

Announcing NOAA Ocean Exploration's FY23 Funding Opportunity. Pre-proposals are due May 24, 2022.

Data and Results

Data & Results

Access diverse scientific data, video, images, documents, and other information associated with office-supported ocean exploration expeditions.

Deep Ocean Education Project

Deep Ocean Education Project

The Deep Ocean Education Project website makes learning about the deep-sea accessible to all.

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The Lost Whaler

Bigfin Squid

Discovery of SS Bloody Marsh

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SpongeBob and Patrick

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