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Administrator Annette Gough retiring after 29 years

27 Feb 2017

Feb 27, 2017 – Annette Gough joined MBARI as an administrator in 1988 (the institute was established in 1987) and is retiring this year.

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The curious eyes of the cockeyed squid

13 Feb 2017

Feb 13, 2017 – New research findings highlight a unique visual adaptation in a deep-sea squid, the cockeyed squid, which has eyes that are grossly different in size and structure.

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Pineapple Express Delivery

23 Jan 2017

Jan 23, 2017 – Last week researchers working onboard the R/V Rachel Carson received a surprise visitor—a handsome seabird called a brown booby. Brown boobies are usually associated with warm tropical waters. This bird was far from home!

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Testing the effects of ocean acidification on juvenile rockfish

19 Jan 2017

Jan 19, 2017 – A new paper in the journal PLOS One shows that some species of juvenile rockfish find it harder to exert themselves in acidified seawater, but other species are more adaptable.

145

A seafloor robot breaks a world record and reveals new data for climate change modeling

16 Dec 2016

Dec 16, 2016 – MBARI’s Benthic Rover, an autonomous seafloor crawler, recently broke it’s own world record, spending over a year autonomously crawling across the deep seafloor and collecting scientific data without any help from humans.

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MBARI’s seafloor maps provide new information about 2015 eruption at Axial Seamount

14 Dec 2016

Dec 15, 2016 – Axial Seamount, a large underwater volcano off of the Oregon coast, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world, having last erupted in 2015. At the Fall 2016 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, MBARI researchers unveiled a new seafloor map that reveals previously undocumented lava flows from the 2015 eruption.

147

US government approves $11 million grant for “eyes on the ocean” off Central and Northern California

30 Nov 2016

Nov 30, 2016 – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently approved a five-year, $11 million grant to the Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS). On December 5-6, 2016, CeNCOOS will hold its annual meeting to discuss recent discoveries and future plans for monitoring the coast using funds from their new federal grant.

148

Taking a closer look leads to rediscovery of a prevalent deep-sea animal

21 Nov 2016

Nov 21, 2016 – A century after its first discovery, the existence of the giant larvacean, B. charon, was confirmed by MBARI scientists when a routine sample collection turned extraordinary.

149

Automating a 20-year survey of deep-sea animals

14 Nov 2016

Nov 14, 2016 – A new MBARI robot will add to the midwater observations researchers have been making with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for nearly two decades.

150

The pointy-nosed blue chimaera really gets around

04 Nov 2016

Nov 4, 2016 – An unusual deep-sea fish that was previously identified in the Southeastern Pacific has recently been found to live around the Hawaiian Islands and off the coast of Central California as well.

151

Young king crabs found hitchhiking on sea pigs

27 Oct 2016

Oct 27, 2016 – A recent paper shows that some juvenile king crabs hitch rides on wandering sea cucumbers, perhaps as a way of evading predators.

152

New MBARI scientist uses sound to study ocean predators and their prey

07 Oct 2016

Oct 7, 2016 – MBARI’s newest senior scientist, Kelly Benoit-Bird, uses sound to observe animals such as seabirds and dolphins as they chase their prey underwater.

153

L’Oreal Women in Science Fellowship awarded

27 Sep 2016

Sept 27, 2016 – MBARI Postdoctoral Fellow Anela Choy, who studies the impacts of plastic debris on ocean food webs, has been selected as one of five recipients of the L’Oreal Women in Science Fellowship for 2016.

154

What happens when dance and science merge?

27 Sep 2016

Sept 27, 2016 – What happens when you merge dance and science? SpectorDance and MBARI have done it again with Ocean Trilogy.

155

MBARI Adjunct Victoria Orphan receives “genius grant”

22 Sep 2016

Sept 22, 2016 – MBARI Adjunct Victoria Orphan has been named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, in recognition of her work on microbial communities in extreme environments and their impact on the cycling of nutrients and energy through the oceans.

156

Canadian Arctic 2016 Expedition

16 Sep 2016

A group of MBARI scientists and engineers, led by geologist Charlie Paull, returned to the Beaufort Sea on a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker to study the Arctic seafloor.

157

Cannibalism in the deep sea

31 Aug 2016

Aug 31, 2016 – Cannibalism is not so unusual in the deep sea, especially for squid, but until recently the diet of Gonatus squid was largely unknown. Remotely operated vehicle observations of these squid in their natural habitat have enabled scientists to learn a great deal more about their feeding behavior.

158

Mission to the Great Lakes

12 Aug 2016

Aug 12, 2016 – MBARI’s Tethys long-range autonomous underwater vehicle recently travelled to one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems—the Great Lakes. This operation is a collaborative effort between MBARI and the Great Lakes Science Center, and is this vehicle’s first-ever freshwater deployment.

159

Researchers investigate jet engine found in Monterey Bay

10 Aug 2016

Aug 10, 2016 – In 2014, MBARI researchers discovered a jet engine on the floor of Monterey Bay. Since that time, MBARI Deputy Director of Marine Operations Chris Grech has been gathering clues as to how this engine arrived on the muddy seafloor of the bay.

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New sampler designed for MBARI’s long-range autonomous underwater vehicle: the “Sipper”

27 Jul 2016

Jul 27, 2016 – A newly designed seawater sampler promises to automate monthly water sample collection, freeing up ship and personnel resources for other research projects.

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