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Sur Ridge

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MBARI to livestream expedition to deep-sea coral and sponge gardens off Big Sur coast

15 Jun 2021

June 15, 2021 – On Wednesday, June 30, at 11:00 a.m. (Pacific), MBARI will livestream its expedition to deep-sea coral and sponge gardens off Big Sur coast.

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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!

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Exploring Sur Ridge’s coral gardens

04 Mar 2021
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Life at Sur Ridge

04 Mar 2021
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Mapping Sur Ridge

02 Mar 2021
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Seeing Sur Ridge: New animation transforms deep-sea mapping data to reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis

01 Mar 2021

March 1, 2021 – MBARI teamed up with visual effects artists to transform deep-sea mapping data and reveal the majesty of an underwater oasis.

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Revealing the secrets of Sur Ridge

26 Feb 2021

MBARI researchers are leveraging groundbreaking technologies to shed new light on Sur Ridge, a large underwater geologic feature that is a hotspot for marine life.

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Seafloor Ecology Spring Expedition 2020

05 Mar 2020

March 2 – 7, 2020 – The Benthic Biology and Ecology Group is heading out to study deep-sea communities in three different environments.

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Seafloor Ecology Winter Expedition 2019

16 Dec 2019

December 13 – 17, 2019 – The Benthic Biology and Ecology Group is heading out to study deep-sea communities in three different environments.

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Learning how to restore deep-sea coral communities

18 Sep 2019

September 18, 2019 – Researchers test methods to restore deep-sea corals via translocation at Sur Ridge.

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Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge communities at Sur Ridge

23 Jul 2018

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Exploring unknown territory

15 Dec 2013

We were all excited about today’s exploration dive on Sur Ridge, a ten-mile-long submarine ridge about 20 miles due west of Pt. Sur, on the California coast. No task list to complete or specific objectives to achieve. This was like exploring the hills with your friends,except today, the “hills” were 1,000 meters under the surface, and had never been explored by anyone.

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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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