Seal bombs are small explosive charges that fishers throw into the water in an effort to scare sea lions away from their nets. Image: Simone Baumann-Pickering / Scripps Institution of OceanographyHarbor porpoises and seal bombs
Seal bombs are small explosive charges that fishers throw into the water in an effort to scare sea lions away from their nets. Image: Simone Baumann-Pickering / Scripps Institution of Oceanography
August 4, 2020 – Using recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone, researchers concluded that the sounds of seal-bombs could affect the behavior of harbor porpoises in and around Monterey Bay.
Ocean research in a time of COVID-19
July 30, 2020 – MBARI's Summer 2020 CANON experiment shows how robots can collect samples and data at sea even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DNA analysis confirms a zooplankton community border along Baja California
July 21, 2020 – Using a sweeping DNA analysis technique, MBARI researchers explored the boundaries between different communities of tiny drifting animals along the California coast.
Glow-in-the-dark corals light up the deep sea
July 13, 2020 – A new research paper shows that some of the most common and iconic deep-sea corals can create their own light.
