Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

This map shows how carbon dioxide from land flows out across Monterey Bay with morning land breezes.
Carbon dioxide from Silicon Valley affects the chemistry of Monterey Bay

April 23, 2019

April 23, 2019 – Elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide in air flowing out to sea from Silicon Valley and the Salinas Valley could increase the amount of carbon dioxide dissolving in Monterey Bay waters by about 20 percent.

Seafloor Ecology Expedition 2019

April 19 to April 24, 2019 – The Benthic biology and ecology group is heading out to study deep-sea communities in three different environments.

Annual report showcases MBARI discoveries, research, and technology

April 9, 2019

Apr 9, 2019 – MBARI’s 2018 Annual Report provides a multimedia view of the institute’s latest research and technology developments.

Shark cameras reveal unexpected white shark behavior

April 10, 2019

April 11, 2019 – New research using an MBARI-inspired “camera tag” shows that some sharks in South Africa spend a lot of time in kelp beds.

The life and death of a “city of worms”

March 26, 2019

March 26, 2019 – Twenty thousand years ago, when giant sloths and saber-toothed tigers roamed the Los Angeles Basin, in the dark ocean depths lived an immense colony of worms.