Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Deep-sea animals at Station M live off of debris sinking down from above. This same debris is important for global climate models. Image: © 2017 MBARI
Pulses of sinking carbon are reaching the deep sea in ways not captured by global climate models

December 3, 2018

December 3, 2018 – A new study by MBARI scientists shows that pulses of sinking debris carry large amounts of carbon to the deep seafloor, but are poorly represented in global climate models.

Bringing the Southern Ocean into the classroom

December 6, 2018

Dec 6 2018 – Adopt-A-Float program lets grade-school students participate in a major scientific study of the vast Southern Ocean.

Seafloor Ecology Expedition 2018

November 30 to December 5, 2018 – The Benthic biology and ecology group is heading out to study deep-sea communities in three different environments.

2019 MBARI Summer Internship Program

November 29, 2018

Application deadline for the 2019 MBARI Summer Internship is February 11, 2019; the program is open to undergraduates, graduate students, and educators.

“Zombie” shrimp play dead to avoid being eaten

November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018 – Deep in the Gulf of California MBARI researchers watched shrimp "play dead" by hanging motionless in the water. They speculate that the shrimp do this to avoid being eaten.