History
20 significant achievements
Among the top achievements of MBARI’s first 20 years were the development of the remotely operated vehicle Tiburon, discoveries about the importance of gelatinous animals in deep-ocean ecosystem, and experiments on the impact of sequestering carbon dioxide in the deep sea,
See all of the top 20 achievements.
MBARI’s First Decade: A Retrospective
In 1997, the institute took a look back at its formative first 10 years, producing a 76-page retrospective. The full publication is online as a PDF document.
David Packard
MBARI was founded in 1987 by David Packard, who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Company and was a former Deputy Secretary of Defense.
About MBARI
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.