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MBARI news—2019

1

Scientist Andrea Fassbender receives leadership award

19 Dec 2019

December 19, 2019 – Marine Chemist Andrea Fassbender received the Early Career Scientist Leadership Award.

2

Risso’s dolphins balance holding their breath and finding food

12 Dec 2019

December 12, 2019 – Using advanced echosounders, MBARI researchers are measuring the distribution, abundance, type, size, and movement of predators and their prey in the deep sea.

3

Researchers discover mysterious holes in the seafloor off Central California

09 Dec 2019

December 9, 2019 – During a recent survey off the coast of Big Sur, MBARI researchers discovered thousands of mysterious holes or pits in the seafloor.

4

Seafloor cable used to detect earthquakes, faults, and storm waves

28 Nov 2019

November 28, 2019 – In a new paper in Science magazine, researchers describe an experiment that turned the seafloor cable on MBARI’s MARS ocean observatory into the equivalent of 10,000 seismic stations on the ocean floor.

5

Newly updated Our Shared Seas website provides critical summary of ocean health

13 Nov 2019

November 13, 2019 – New website brings together relevant ocean conservation data into one easy-to-use platform.

6

Humpback whale songs in your living room

22 Oct 2019

October 22, 2019 – Ocean lovers can now listen to the sounds of Monterey Bay live on the web or through Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa.

7

Glowing to the bottom

17 Oct 2019

October 17, 2019 – MBARI researchers recently found that animals living on the deep seafloor are much less likely to produce light than those swimming or drifting in the “midwater.”

8

New exhibit showcases the soundscape of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

08 Oct 2019

October 8, 2019 – A new exhibit at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center features recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone.

9

MBARI mourns the loss of Roman Marin III

02 Oct 2019

October 2, 2019 – MBARI Senior Research Technician Roman Marin III passed away unexpectedly last month.

10

Climate change: A triple threat for the ocean

25 Sep 2019

September 25, 2019 – A just-released scientific report connects a host of ocean changes with human activities that take place largely on land.

11

Learning how to restore deep-sea coral communities

18 Sep 2019

September 18, 2019 – Researchers test methods to restore deep-sea corals via translocation at Sur Ridge.

12

When the humpbacks sing

16 Sep 2019

September 16, 2019 – A new study shows how the amount of humpback song in Monterey Bay varies over days, months, and even years.

13

16 things you probably didn’t know about cephalopod sex

12 Sep 2019

September 12, 2019 – A new paper summarizes the quirky sexual and reproductive behaviors of octopuses, squids, and their relatives.

14

Spotting skates: Two decades of deep-sea video observations

11 Sep 2019

September 11, 2019 – In a recent study, researchers compiled data from 18 years of rare video observations on deep-water skates.

15

Long-range autonomous underwater vehicle completes 150th mission

28 Aug 2019

August 28, 2019 – MBARI celebrates the 150th deployment of its first long-range autonomous underwater vehicle, Tethys.

16

MBARI robots cruise Lake Erie looking for toxic algae

26 Aug 2019

August 26, 2019 – Researchers from MBARI and NOAA are using underwater robots and a robotic laboratory to study potentially toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie.

17

Pockmarks and pingos, part II

19 Aug 2019

August 19, 2019 – A new research paper by MBARI and Taiwanese researchers shows how mysterious hills and pits may have formed in the deep seafloor off Taiwan.

18

An autonomous vehicle coupled with a robotic laboratory proves its worth

14 Aug 2019

August 14, 2019 – Study confirms that autonomously collected samples of eDNA are equivalent to samples collected using traditional, manual methods.

19

Making the case for managing the ocean’s twilight zone

12 Aug 2019

August 12, 2019 – The UN is urged to include the midwater in upcoming discussions about management of life in the open ocean.

20

Where biology meets technology: A summer intern story

09 Aug 2019

August 9, 2019 – An MBARI summer intern develops an open-source project for people who want to create their own animal-camera tag.

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