A close up of an ocean sample from the North Atlantic Gyre, showing both pieces of plastic and zooplankton.

"A molecular biologist will soon bring dozens of tiny, transparent animals that live in Gulf Coast waters back to his laboratory as part of an effort to better understand the oil spill's long-term impact on the coastal environment and creatures living there."

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"Researchers have discovered the mathematical relation between the number of hurricanes produced in certain parts of Earth and the energy they release."