Sound provides new insight into the lives of blue whales
February 17, 2022 – Using MBARI’s archive of acoustic data, researchers are gaining new insight into the lives of endangered blue whales.
February 17, 2022 – Using MBARI’s archive of acoustic data, researchers are gaining new insight into the lives of endangered blue whales.
October 11, 2021 – MBARI makes its extensive archive of acoustic data accessible to researchers around the world via the Amazon Web Services cloud.
June 2, 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic enabled a rare opportunity to measure the relationship between shipping traffic and the marine soundscape.
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.
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.
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.
October 8, 2019 – A new exhibit at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center features recordings from MBARI’s deep-sea hydrophone.
September 16, 2019 – A new study shows how the amount of humpback song in Monterey Bay varies over days, months, and even years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.