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Oceans
Ocean Discoveries Are Revising Long-Held Truths about Life
New findings show that the ocean is much more intertwined with our lives than we ever imagined
Timothy Shank is a biologist, director of the Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and co-leader of the Deep-Ocean Genomes Project. Credit: Nick Higgins
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