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                                data-category-name="tech"
                                data-subcategory-index="4"
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                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="tech_transport"
                                    data-ga-label="5"
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                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--tech u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        transport                                    </span>
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                    </ul>
                </div>

                <div class="col-md-3-4">
                    <div class="js-subnav__articles"></div>
                </div>
            
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
                
            </li>
                    
            <li class="nav__vertical js-nav__vertical has-subnav earth hidden-sm hidden-md"
                data-category-name="earth">

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                    data-ga-category="nav"
                    data-ga-action="earth"
                    data-ga-label="6">

                    <div class="nav__vertical-title">
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                            <div class="col-md-1-4">
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                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="earth"
                                data-subcategory-index="0"
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                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="earth_climate"
                                    data-ga-label="1"
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                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        climate                                    </span>
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                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="earth"
                                data-subcategory-index="1"
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                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="earth_animals"
                                    data-ga-label="2"
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                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--earth u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        animals                                    </span>
                                </a>
                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="earth"
                                data-subcategory-index="2"
                            >

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                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="earth_conservation"
                                    data-ga-label="3"
                                >
                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--earth u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        conservation                                    </span>
                                </a>
                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="earth"
                                data-subcategory-index="3"
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                                <a href="/earth/energy" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="earth_energy"
                                    data-ga-label="4"
                                >
                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--earth u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        energy                                    </span>
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                            </li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </div>

                <div class="col-md-3-4">
                    <div class="js-subnav__articles"></div>
                </div>
            
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
                
            </li>
                    
            <li class="nav__vertical js-nav__vertical has-subnav health hidden-sm hidden-md"
                data-category-name="health">

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                    class="nav__vertical-link has-subnav u-color--white ga-trigger"
                    data-ga-category="nav"
                    data-ga-action="health"
                    data-ga-label="7">

                    <div class="nav__vertical-title">
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                                    <div class="subnav">
    <div class="subnav__inner">
        <div class="frow gutters visible-md visible-lg visible-xl visible-xxl">

                            <div class="col-md-1-4">
                    <ul class="subnav__subcategory-list">

                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="health"
                                data-subcategory-index="0"
                            >

                                <a href="/health/medicine" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="health_medicine"
                                    data-ga-label="1"
                                >
                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--health u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        medicine                                    </span>
                                </a>
                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="health"
                                data-subcategory-index="1"
                            >

                                <a href="/health/mind" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="health_mind"
                                    data-ga-label="2"
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                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--health u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        mind                                    </span>
                                </a>
                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="health"
                                data-subcategory-index="2"
                            >

                                <a href="/health/biotech" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="health_biotech"
                                    data-ga-label="3"
                                >
                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--health u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        biotech                                    </span>
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                            </li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </div>

                <div class="col-md-3-4">
                    <div class="js-subnav__articles"></div>
                </div>
            
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
                
            </li>
                    
            <li class="nav__vertical js-nav__vertical has-subnav culture hidden-sm hidden-md"
                data-category-name="culture">

                <a href="/culture"
                    class="nav__vertical-link has-subnav u-color--white ga-trigger"
                    data-ga-category="nav"
                    data-ga-action="culture"
                    data-ga-label="8">

                    <div class="nav__vertical-title">
                        culture                    </div>
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                                    <div class="subnav">
    <div class="subnav__inner">
        <div class="frow gutters visible-md visible-lg visible-xl visible-xxl">

                            <div class="col-md-1-4">
                    <ul class="subnav__subcategory-list">

                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="culture"
                                data-subcategory-index="0"
                            >

                                <a href="/culture/archaeology" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="culture_archaeology"
                                    data-ga-label="1"
                                >
                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--culture u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        archaeology                                    </span>
                                </a>
                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="culture"
                                data-subcategory-index="1"
                            >

                                <a href="/culture/history" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="culture_history"
                                    data-ga-label="2"
                                >
                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--culture u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        history                                    </span>
                                </a>
                            </li>
                                                    <li class="subnav__subcategory js-subnav__subcategory"
                                data-category-name="culture"
                                data-subcategory-index="2"
                            >

                                <a href="/culture/behavior" class="subnav__subcategory-link u-color--white ga-trigger"
                                    data-ga-category="nav"
                                    data-ga-action="culture_behavior"
                                    data-ga-label="3"
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                                    <i class="icon icon-chevron u-color--culture u-vcenter-transform"></i>

                                    <span class="subnav__subcategory-name">
                                        behavior                                    </span>
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                            </li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </div>

                <div class="col-md-3-4">
                    <div class="js-subnav__articles"></div>
                </div>
            
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
                
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    </ul>
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            <div class="header__utility-wrapper">
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    <i class="search-form__clear js-search-form__clear icon icon-x ga-trigger u-hide"
        data-ga-category="nav"
        data-ga-action="search-bar_clear"
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    <div class="search-dropdown js-search-dropdown">
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                data-ga-category="nav"
                data-ga-action="search-bar_popular-search"
                data-ga-label="1"
                data-link-url="search?q=Tech&"
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        </li>
            <li class="search-dropdown__result-item">
            <a class="search-dropdown__result-item-link u-color--dark-gray ga-trigger"
                href="/search?q=Space&"
                data-ga-category="nav"
                data-ga-action="search-bar_popular-search"
                data-ga-label="2"
                data-link-url="search?q=Space&"
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                Space            </a>
        </li>
            <li class="search-dropdown__result-item">
            <a class="search-dropdown__result-item-link u-color--dark-gray ga-trigger"
                href="/search?q=Culture&"
                data-ga-category="nav"
                data-ga-action="search-bar_popular-search"
                data-ga-label="3"
                data-link-url="search?q=Culture&"
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        </li>
            <li class="search-dropdown__result-item">
            <a class="search-dropdown__result-item-link u-color--dark-gray ga-trigger"
                href="/search?q=Earth&"
                data-ga-category="nav"
                data-ga-action="search-bar_popular-search"
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        </li>
    
</ul>            </div>
                <div class="search-dropdown__top-results js-search-dropdown__top-results"></div>
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                data-ga-category="nav"
                data-ga-action="search-bar_top-results"
                data-ga-label="{{index}}"
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                {{title}}
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                <i class="icon icon-search header__icon-search js-header__icon-search u-color--white ga-trigger"
                    data-ga-category="nav"
                    data-ga-action="search-bar_utility"
                    data-ga-label="search">
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                <span class="visually-hidden">Search</span>

                <div class="header__section header__social-wrapper u-color--black-background">
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                            target="_blank"
                            data-ga-category="nav"
                            data-ga-action="social_facebook"
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                            <i class="icon icon-facebook u-color--white"></i>
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                        <a href="https://twitter.com/seeker"
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                            data-ga-category="nav"
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                            data-ga-action="social_youtube"
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                            <i class="icon icon-youtube u-color--white"></i>
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                        aria-controls="mobile-nav"
                        aria-expanded="false">
                        <span class="visually-hidden">Navigation</span>
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                    aria-controls="mobile-search-form">
                    <i class="icon icon-search u-color--white"></i>
                    <span class="visually-hidden">Search</span>
                </a>
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    <div class="mobile-header__search-form-wrapper">
        <form id="searchForm"
    class="search-form search-form--mobile-header js-search-form js-search-form--mobile-header"
    action="/search/submit"
    method="post"
    accept-charset="UTF-8"
    aria-expanded="false">

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        data-ga-action="search-bar_clear"
        data-ga-category="mobile header">
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    <input id="searchInput"
        class="form-text search-form__input js-search-form__input"
        required maxlength="128"
        name="query"
        type="text"
        size="16"
        value=""
        placeholder="Search"
        autocomplete="off"
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            <div class="search-form__submit-button">
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</form>

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</header>
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        <ul class="mobile-nav__vertical-list js-mobile-nav__vertical-list">

            
                                    
                    <li class="mobile-nav__vertical js-mobile-nav__vertical ">
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                    <li class="mobile-nav__vertical js-mobile-nav__vertical has-subnav">
                        <a href="#space"
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                            data-ga-action="space"
                            data-ga-label="3"
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                                space                            </div>
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                    A hastily organized expedition found no evidence of a mass die-off, but some corals appeared to have unusual “blotchy” markings, she said. And the huge amount of fresh water still mixing with seawater along the Texas coast may pose a threat into November, she said.                </p>
            
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                    “We didn’t immediately see an ocean floor of white or something that would indicate organisms were sloughing their tissue off en masse,” Correa said. “We did see some corals and sponges that sort of had slightly strange coloration patterns. So we sampled those, as well as organisms that appeared to completely healthy.”                </p>
            
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                    When the amount of salt in seawater falls below a certain point, coral tissues can swell and suffer damage. Fresher water could also introduce unfamiliar microbes into the reef ecosystem, or a layer of fresh water atop heavier salt water can prevent oxygen from reaching deeper water.                </p>
            
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