Robots documenting deep-sea biodiversity reveal a spectacular spaghetti worm
August 2, 2022 – MBARI researchers and our collaborators are working to document deep-sea biodiversity, and finding remarkable species.
August 2, 2022 – MBARI researchers and our collaborators are working to document deep-sea biodiversity, and finding remarkable species.
July 28, 2022 – New facility will provide critical support for ocean exploration and research as well as shoreside benefits for the Moss Landing community.
July 7, 2022 – Explore MBARI’s latest deep-sea discoveries on YouTube.
May 19, 2022 – Karl Pister, former MBARI board member and UC Santa Cruz chancellor, died on May 14, 2022.
May 18, 2022 – Autonomous underwater robots carrying MBARI technology use eDNA to survey biodiversity.
April 19, 2022 – MBARI researchers have named a newly discovered species of deep-sea crown jelly after the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s first volunteer.
April 12, 2022 – MBARI’s education and conservation partner opens a groundbreaking new exhibition about the deep sea.
April 6, 2022 – Motion-sensing “smart boulders” have provided new insight about the powerful sediment gravity flows that barrel down Monterey Canyon.
March 14, 2022 – Repeated mapping of the Arctic seabed finds rapid changes to seafloor terrain from the degradation of submarine permafrost.
February 17, 2022 – Using MBARI’s archive of acoustic data, researchers are gaining new insight into the lives of endangered blue whales.
January 26, 2022 – A new underwater camera records deep-sea animals and habitats with remarkable clarity and detail.
December 7, 2021 – A collection of papers in a special edition of Oceanography highlights the groundwork of the MBON program for monitoring ocean health.
November 22, 2021 – During an expedition this summer, MBARI recovered the ancient tusk of a mammoth for further study.
November 3, 2021 – A robotic rover has provided long-term data about deep-sea carbon cycling and climate change.
October 11, 2021 – MBARI makes its extensive archive of acoustic data accessible to researchers around the world via the Amazon Web Services cloud.
September 28, 2021 – New research by MBARI and collaborators at the Smithsonian reveals how the gossamer worm achieves its effective and elegant swimming.
September 21, 2021 – The Marine Technology Society has named MBARI President Chris Scholin the 2021 recipient of the Lockheed Martin Award for Ocean Science and Engineering.
August 31, 2021 – MBARI researchers have used the power of genetics to reveal the stunning diversity of delicate, gelatinous comb jellies.
August 16, 2021 – MBARI researchers demonstrated how a fleet of robotic floats can revolutionize our understanding of ocean primary productivity.
July 29, 2021 – New research demonstrates that eDNA can be a valuable tool for monitoring California’s kelp forests.