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MBARI news—2018

1

ROV pilot helps discover sunken ship that he sailed on in the 1990s

20 Dec 2018

Dec 20, 2018 – In 1995, an oil-field work boat sank suddenly off Southern California. Twenty-three years later, an MBARI ROV pilot who worked on that boat helped find the wreck.

2

Studying marine biodiversity from pole to pole

13 Dec 2018

Dec 13, 2018 – Ocean researchers propose a new “pole-to-pole” Marine Biodiversity Observation Network

3

Five new species of sea slugs found in the ocean depths

12 Dec 2018

December 12, 2018 – Marine biologists recently discovered five new species of colorful nudibranchs on the deep seafloor offshore of California and Baja California.

4

Bringing the Southern Ocean into the classroom

06 Dec 2018

Dec 6, 2018 – Adopt-A-Float program lets grade-school students participate in a major scientific study of the vast Southern Ocean.

5

Pulses of sinking carbon not captured by global climate models

03 Dec 2018

December 3, 2018 – Pulses of sinking debris carry large amounts of carbon to the deep seafloor, but are poorly represented in global climate models.

6

“Zombie” shrimp play dead to avoid being eaten

28 Nov 2018

November 28, 2018 – Deep in the Gulf of California MBARI researchers watched shrimp “play dead” by hanging motionless in the water. They speculate that the shrimp do this to avoid being eaten.

7

Tracking carbon from the ocean surface into the depths

26 Nov 2018

Nov 26, 2018 – Scientists know that the ocean is taking up a lot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Marine chemist Andrea Fassbender is bringing this process into focus by studying how carbon moves between the atmosphere, upper ocean, and deep sea.

8

Careers in oceanography—a changing world

20 Nov 2018

November 20, 2018 – Oceangoing robots are taking on ever-more complicated tasks and ushering in a technology revolution in oceanography, transforming the everyday work of ocean researchers.

9

MBARI researchers help map and scout for hydrothermal vents in Gulf of California

01 Nov 2018

Nov 1, 2018 – Building on their 2015 expedition, MBARI researchers will be mapping the Pescadero Basin and searching for hydrothermal vents.

10

Testing an undersea robot that can detect and map oil spills

22 Oct 2018

Oct 19, 2018 – MBARI engineers recently tested a new long-range autonomous underwater vehicle that is designed to detect and track oil spills.

11

Camera system for surveying fish populations gets an upgrade

11 Oct 2018

October 11, 2018 – MBARI engineers recently tested a new version of a camera system to study groundfish on deep, rocky reefs.

12

Large underwater experiment shows that “turbidity currents” involve movement of the seafloor

05 Oct 2018

October 5, 2018 – A new paper shows that currents in submarine canyons often involve large-scale movement of the seafloor. This discovery could help ocean engineers avoid damage to pipelines, communications cables, and other seafloor structures.

13

MBARI co-hosts international Deep-Sea Biology Symposium

10 Sep 2018

September 10, 2018 – MBARI and the Monterey Bay Aquarium co-host symposium that is bringing together researchers from at least 34 countries.

View from below of kelp forest canopy near the ocean surface.
14

Focusing on climate action

06 Sep 2018

September 6, 2018 – MBARI and Monterey Bay Aquarium leaders will be participating in the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco.

15

Underwater robot tracks toxic algae in Lake Erie

27 Aug 2018

August 27, 2018 – Researchers from MBARI and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration are testing a new underwater robot that will swim around Lake Erie monitoring algae and toxins in the water.

16

New data suggest Southern Ocean takes up less carbon dioxide than expected

14 Aug 2018

August 14, 2018 – Data from a network of robotic floats carrying high-tech sensors suggest the Southern Ocean may take up much less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than expected.

17

MBARI engineers program robot to monitor seawater near Hawaiian lava flow

10 Aug 2018

August 10, 2018 – Software developed by MBARI engineers guided a sea-going robot as it monitored the plume of hot seawater created by an active lava flow in Hawai`i.

18

Charles Paull receives Francis P. Shepard medal

01 Aug 2018

Aug 1, 2018 – The Society for Sedimentary Geology recently awarded MBARI Geologist Charles Paull the Francis P. Shepard medal for marine geology.

19

Photos from 2018 MBARI Open House

25 Jul 2018

July 25, 2018 – MBARI welcomed visitors to its annual Open House on July 21st. Visitors got the opportunity to speak to staff about their work and learn about the research and development conducted at MBARI.

20

Researchers test new sampling device using ROV Ventana

24 Jul 2018

July 24, 2018 – A recent paper in ScienceRobotics describes a new bio-inspired sampling system that was tested using MBARI’s remotely operated vehicle Ventana.

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