Humpback whale songs in your living room
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.
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.
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.”
October 8, 2019 – A new exhibit at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center features recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone.
October 2, 2019 – MBARI Senior Research Technician Roman Marin III passed away unexpectedly last month.
September 25, 2019 – A just-released scientific report connects a host of ocean changes with human activities that take place largely on land.
September 18, 2019 – Researchers test methods to restore deep-sea corals via translocation at Sur Ridge.
September 16, 2019 – A new study shows how the amount of humpback song in Monterey Bay varies over days, months, and even years.
September 12, 2019 – A new paper summarizes the quirky sexual and reproductive behaviors of octopuses, squids, and their relatives.
September 11, 2019 – In a recent study, researchers compiled data from 18 years of rare video observations on deep-water skates.
August 28, 2019 – MBARI celebrates the 150th deployment of its first long-range autonomous underwater vehicle, Tethys.
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.
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.
August 14, 2019 – Study confirms that autonomously collected samples of eDNA are equivalent to samples collected using traditional, manual methods.
August 12, 2019 – The UN is urged to include the midwater in upcoming discussions about management of life in the open ocean.
August 9, 2019 – An MBARI summer intern develops an open-source project for people who want to create their own animal-camera tag.
July 30, 2019 – A new paper reveals how oceanographers can utilize robots to learn more about oceanic eddies and their inhabitants.
July 24-29, 2019 – Scientist Yui Takeshita led a cruise on the R/V Western Flyer to observe changes in ocean chemistry along the Central California Coast.
July 25, 2019 – A new paper shows how strong currents carry sand-sized particles 50 kilometers down Monterey Canyon.
July 18, 2019 – In a program that could revolutionize environmental monitoring and fisheries management, MBARI’s Environmental Sample Processor is collecting environmental DNA from a coastal creek just north of Monterey Bay.
July 3, 2019 – Researchers are developing computer models to learn how comb jellies evolved to live at different depths in the ocean.