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.
July 13, 2020 – A new research paper shows that some of the most common and iconic deep-sea corals can create their own light.
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.”
September 18, 2019 – Researchers test methods to restore deep-sea corals via translocation at Sur Ridge.
July 12-16, 2018 – MBARI bilogists recently completed a research cruise to study the ecology of deep-sea corals and sponges at Sur Ridge, off the Big Sur coast.
Today’s ROV dive at Guide Seamount, which is a little over 100 kilometers (63 miles) due west of Davenport, California, was quite exciting and much different than the dives conducted at Axial Seamount.
Over the last two decades, marine biologists have discovered lush forests of deep-sea corals and sponges growing on seamounts (underwater mountains) offshore of the California coast.