Oct 29, 2020 – The National Science Foundation has approved a $53 million grant to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health around the world.
February 6, 2020 – MBARI engineers have developed a new robotic float for studying coastal waters.
Dec 6, 2018 – Adopt-A-Float program lets grade-school students participate in a major scientific study of the vast Southern Ocean.
August 14, 2018 – Data from a network of robotic floats carrying high-tech sensors suggest the Southern Ocean may take up much less carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than expected.
The Chemical Sensors project seeks to understand changing ocean chemistry because chemical composition of the ocean affects the entire food web. The group outfits floats with the ever-developing chemical sensors and uses them to keep track of changes in nitrate and pH among other variables.
Sept 15, 2014 – Ocean researchers are on the verge of gaining new insights about the changing Southern Ocean with help from sensors developed by a research team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI).
Research programs at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) encompass the entire ocean, from the surface waters to the deep seafloor, and from the coastal zone to the open sea. The need to understand the ocean in all its complexity and variability drives MBARI's research and development efforts.
