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Seeing Sur Ridge: New animation transforms deep-sea mapping data to reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis

March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021 – MBARI researchers and visual effects artists team up to transform deep-sea mapping data and reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis just off the coast of Point Sur.
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Taking the lab into the ocean: A coordinated fleet of robots successfully tracks and monitors microbial communities

January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021 – Researchers recently enabled a trio of self-driving robots to locate, follow, and sample a layer of microbes as they drifted in an open-ocean eddy.

Glow your own: Comb jellies make their own glowing compounds instead of getting them from food

December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020 – At least nine major groups of deep-sea animals, including jellies, corals, brittle stars, squids, and fish, use the same light-emitting chemical, coelenterazine, to power their displays.

Researchers discover carnivorous sponges that make their own light

December 7, 2020
December 7, 2020 – MBARI scientists confirm the first evidence of bioluminescence in a sponge, showing that the sponges contain the chemicals necessary to make light within their bodies.

Cameras reveal largest aggregation of fishes in abyssal deep sea

November 23, 2020
Nov 23, 2020 – Researchers recently discovered the largest aggregation of fishes ever recorded at abyssal depths (below 3,000 meters or 9,800 feet) in the ocean.

Monitoring ocean acidification in the coastal ocean

November 17, 2020
November 17, 2020 – Underwater gliders carrying pH sensors can monitor ocean acidification over large areas and long periods of time.

New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health

October 29, 2020
Oct 29, 2020 – The National Science Foundation has approved a $53 million grant to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health around the world.

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Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.


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