Early winter storm tests mooring design
The new MBARI mooring deployed earlier this month broke free from its anchor during the heavy storm Saturday, December 14.
MBARI news—2002
Whale falls—islands of abundance and diversity in the deep sea
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.
New MBARI mooring deployed in bay
Last week MBARI researchers successfully deployed a newly-designed oceanic buoy 52 kilometers from shore in Monterey Bay.
MBARI scientist uses genetics to study hydrothermal vent animals
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.
Undersea data network planned for Monterey Bay
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.
Scientists identify methane-consuming microbes from ocean depths
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.
Research cruise investigates iron’s role in the ocean
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.
Underwater robot tested beneath the Arctic ice sheet
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.
The geologic setting of the Gulf of California
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.
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.