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Increase in coastal population puts stress on the environment, according to NOAA.

Increase in coastal population puts stress on the environment, according to NOAA.

A scuba diver descends down a deep ocean reef wall into the abyss.

a photo of the ocean with a green tint

A blue house surrounded by flood water in North Beach, Maryland.

a person points to an earthquake seismograph

Aerial view of salt evaporation ponds in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Jellyfish Lake seen from the viewpoint of a camera that is half in the water and half outside. We see dozens of yellow jellyfish in the water.

A satellite image of a large hurricane over the Southeastern United States

A satellite photo of a giant iceberg next to an island with hundreds of smaller icebergs surrounding the pair

A photo of Lake Chala

a large ocean wave

Sunrise above Michigan�s Lake of the Clouds. We see a ridge of basalt in the foreground.

Infographic: The layers and functions of the human skin.

science budgets for federal government

infographic of nuclear power plant

Fukushima fuel rod infographic

infographic of human body sweat

Today�s GoFIgure looks at phobias, defined as irrational fears of things which are not likely to be dangerous.

two ants on a branch lift part of a plant