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Eight miles off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., the oil rig Eureka, which has stood there for 40 years, is a study in contrasts. From a distance, it looks like just another offshore platform, an artifact of the modern industrial landscape. But beneath the waves, the Eureka and other rigs like it in the area are home to a vast and thriving community of sea life that some scientists say is one of the richest marine ecosystems on the planet. [Source: New York Times]
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