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Sound provides new insight into the lives of blue whales

17 Feb 2022

February 17, 2022 – Using MBARI’s archive of acoustic data, researchers are gaining new insight into the lives of endangered blue whales.

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MBARI shares trove of acoustic data on the Amazon Web Services cloud

11 Oct 2021

October 11, 2021 – MBARI makes its extensive archive of acoustic data accessible to researchers around the world via the Amazon Web Services cloud.

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New research reveals ocean noise from shipping traffic reduced during COVID-19 pandemic

02 Jun 2021

June 2, 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic enabled a rare opportunity to measure the relationship between shipping traffic and the marine soundscape.

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Patterns in blue whale songs show whether the whales are feeding or migrating

01 Oct 2020

Oct 1, 2020 – Recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone show that blue whales mostly sing at night when they are feeding, but are more likely to sing during the daytime when they are migrating.

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Harbor porpoises and seal bombs

04 Aug 2020

August 4, 2020 – Using recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone, researchers concluded that the sounds of seal-bombs could affect the behavior of harbor porpoises in and around Monterey Bay.

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Humpback whale songs in your living room

22 Oct 2019

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.

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New exhibit showcases the soundscape of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

08 Oct 2019

October 8, 2019 – A new exhibit at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center features recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone.

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When the humpbacks sing

16 Sep 2019

September 16, 2019 – A new study shows how the amount of humpback song in Monterey Bay varies over days, months, and even years.

9

What’s killing Pacific whales?

24 Jun 2019

June 24, 2019 – Gray whales are dying in large numbers along their Pacific Coast migration route. Scientists are looking for clues to explain this phenomenon.

10

Google video features MBARI summer intern Daniel DeLeon

14 May 2018

May 14, 2018 – A machine-learning project by MBARI summer intern Daniel DeLeon inspired Google to produce a beautiful video about DeLeon and his work.

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Eavesdropping on the deep

24 Apr 2018

April 24, 2018 – Starting this week, anyone can eavesdrop on the sounds of the deep sea via a continuous streaming YouTube video that carries live sound from the depths of Monterey Bay.

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Soundscape Listening Room

10 Jan 2018

Listen to examples of sounds from marine mammals and Earth.

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MBARI researcher wins project-of-the-year award

24 Feb 2017

Feb 24, 2017 – The US Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program recently selected one of Kelly Benoit-Bird’s research as its Resource Conservation and Climate Change Project of the Year.

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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.

Humpback whale photo and spectrograms of whale calls
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Underwater microphone provides tantalizing new perspective on Monterey Bay

18 Feb 2016

Feb 18, 2016 – Researchers at MBARI have learned a lot about Monterey Bay using robotic submersibles to look deep below the bay’s surface. Now they can listen to the bay as well, using an ultra-sensitive underwater microphone.

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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.


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