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MBARI news—2002

1

Early winter storm tests mooring design

20 Dec 2002

The new MBARI mooring deployed earlier this month broke free from its anchor during the heavy storm Saturday, December 14.

2

Whale falls—islands of abundance and diversity in the deep sea

20 Dec 2002

In February of 2002, MBARI researchers Robert Vrijenhoek and Shana Goffredi discovered a recent whale fall while exploring the outer portion of the Monterey Canyon with a remotely operated vehicle.

3

New MBARI mooring deployed in bay

13 Dec 2002

Last week MBARI researchers successfully deployed a newly-designed oceanic buoy 52 kilometers from shore in Monterey Bay.

4

MBARI scientist uses genetics to study hydrothermal vent animals

17 Oct 2002

Robert Vrijenhoek, an evolutionary geneticist at MBARI, has spent his career studying how an organism’s genes can shape its interactions with its surroundings, the evolution of its species as a whole, and—if the animal is endangered—its conservation. Thirteen years ago, he turned his attention to the exotic organisms that populate hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.

5

Undersea data network planned for Monterey Bay

22 Sep 2002

Computer networks and power grids are common enough on land, but over the next three years a team of oceanographers will be extending such networks thousands of feet beneath the sea.

6

Scientists identify methane-consuming microbes from ocean depths

19 Sep 2002

MBARI microbiologists report in the 20 July 2001 issue of the journal Science on new techniques that combine the identification of microorganisms with their biogeochemical activity.

7

Research cruise investigates iron’s role in the ocean

26 Aug 2002

MBARI oceanographers spent a week at sea this summer studying the relationship between the width of the continental shelf, upwelling, and iron in the ocean. This was the latest in a series of experiments evaluating the impact of iron on ocean productivity.

8

Underwater robot tested beneath the Arctic ice sheet

01 Aug 2002

After four years of work and numerous test runs in the Monterey Bay, a team of MBARI engineers took the institute’s first autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, for a trial cruise in the Arctic Ocean last fall. The group spent a month aboard the Coast Guard icebreaker USCGC Healy, testing the AUV and its components under and along the Arctic ice sheet.

9

The geologic setting of the Gulf of California

30 Jan 2002

The Gulf of California sits at the northernmost end of an immense underwater mountain range called the East Pacific Rise, which extends across the Southeastern Pacific Ocean almost to Antarctica.

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