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News Highlight 2

1

Live from the Deep: Explore the coral and sponge gardens of Sur Ridge

07 Jun 2021

June 7, 2021 – On Wednesday, June 30, MBARI will be exploring Sur Ridge and we’d like you to join us!

2

Bioluminescent organisms lighting up your local post office

20 Feb 2018

Feb 20, 2018 – The United States Postal Service will unveil a new series of forever stamps highlighting the diverse and beautiful world of bioluminescence on February 22nd.

3

Illustrated field guide shows deep-sea animals off the Big Sur coast

16 Nov 2017

November 16, 2017 – MBARI and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary recently worked together to create an illustrated field guide to Sur Ridge, an underwater mountain range off the Big Sur coast.

4

Undersea robot reveals “schools” of animals in deep scattering layers

10 Jul 2017

Jul 10, 2017 – Throughout the world ocean, animals congregate at certain depths. A new paper in Limnology and Oceanography shows that, rather than consisting of a random mixture of animals, these deep-scattering layers contain discrete groups of squids, fishes, and crustaceans.

5

What caused the most toxic algal bloom ever observed in Monterey Bay?

05 Jun 2017

Jun 5, 2017 – In the spring of 2015, Monterey Bay experienced one of the most toxic algal blooms ever. A new paper shows that this bloom became particularly toxic because of an unusually low ratio of silicate to nitrate in Bay Waters.

6

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.

7

MBARI partners with Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to study deep seafloor animals

26 Aug 2016

Aug 25, 2016 – From August 24 to 28, 2016, researchers from MBARI and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary conducted research on the deep seafloor of the Sanctuary. The public can read daily notes on these dives on the Sanctuary’s web site.

8

Joint expedition focuses on amazing coral gardens off Big Sur coast

03 Jun 2016

Jun 3, 2016 – In early June researchers from MBARI and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary traveled to Sur Ridge to study the corals and sponges that grow on this fascinating underwater mountain.

9

Rescuing an open-ocean float on a stormy day

21 Apr 2016

Apr 21, 2016 – About a week ago, MBARI marine chemists Hans Jannasch and Ken Johnson went on a little boat ride, chasing an open-ocean profiling float that was drifting in the California Current, about 100 miles offshore.

10

Deep-sea worms slither around the bottom of the animal tree of life

08 Feb 2016

Feb 8, 2016 – The deep sea is full of strange and little-known worms. A new paper coauthored by MBARI molecular biologist Robert Vrijenhoek describes four newly named species of worms in the genus Xenoturbella that have mouths, but no eyes, brains, stomachs, or anuses.

11

Signs of a turbidity event in Monterey Canyon

21 Jan 2016

Jan 21, 2016 – On Friday, January 15, an event on the floor of Monterey Canyon triggered two sediment transport event detectors. A few days later, a benthic event detector, originally deployed at a depth of 200 meters in the canyon, drifted ashore in Santa Cruz.

12

Successful launch of new genomic sensor

31 Dec 2015

Jan 4, 2016 – The new, smaller version of the Environmental Sample Processor made its debut flight in the payload of a long-range-autonomous underwater vehicle.

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