This summer, MBARI welcomed students and early-career scientists from The Lawrence Hall of Science, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Minorities in Shark Sciences to our research facilities to hear firsthand from our team about career opportunities in ocean exploration.

Internship programs at MBARI and the California Academy of Sciences provide undergraduate students with hands-on research experience. Last month, MBARI hosted the Academy’s research interns to learn about ocean science and engineering careers, then MBARI summer interns visited the Academy’s research facilities and museum to explore opportunities in museum-based research.

This month, researchers from MBARI’s Seafloor Mapping Lab completed a 10-day expedition on the research vessel David Packard to conduct high-resolution mapping surveys with the remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts in Monterey Canyon and a deep-sea octopus nursery near Davidson Seamount. The expedition included the 1,500th dive for Doc Ricketts.

MBARI and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have a rich history of collaboration. This month, MBARI welcomed new Monterey Bay Aquarium CEO Jenny Gray to learn more about MBARI’s work and identify opportunities for further collaboration between our two institutions.

High-quality, publicly available data from the international Argo Program are essential for understanding our changing ocean. Senior Research Specialist Monique Messié recently contributed to a commentary by members of the US CLIVAR Program in the scientific journal Oceanography, reflecting on the program’s remarkable accomplishments.

Last week, MBARI researchers participated in the third International Conference on Seafloor Landforms, Processes and Evolution, sharing recent work in seafloor geosciences with our international peers.