Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was founded by David Packard. MBARI emphasizes the peer relationship between its scientists and engineers as abasic principle. The mission of MBARI is to become a world-class center for advanced research and education in ocean science and technology with the goal of developing better instruments, systems and methods for scientific research in deep waters of the ocean. MBARI studies and investigates cases of unusual deaths of birds, fish and mammals in the ocean ecosystem.
Address
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644
USA
News Office
pressroom [at] mbari [dot] org [dot]
Phone
831-775-1700
Fax
831-775-1620
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"Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute" in the news:
Study links seabird deaths to soap-like foam produced by red-tide algae
Feb 21, 2009 |
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In late 2007, hundreds of dead and stranded seabirds washed up on the shores of Monterey Bay, their feathers saturated with water and coated with an unknown substance. After an intensive investigation, scientists determined ...
Humboldt squid on the move
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Jul 25, 2007 |
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Over the last five years, large, predatory Humboldt squid moved north from equatorial waters and invaded the sea off Central California, where they may be decimating populations of Pacific hake, an important commercial fish. ...
A motley collection of boneworms (w/ Video)
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like a classic horror story -- eyeless, mouthless worms lurk in the dark, settling onto dead animals and sending out green "roots" to devour their bones. In fact, such worms do exist ...
Scientists report first remote, underwater detection of harmful algae, toxins
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below ...
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to 'breathe'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next ...
Cranking up the volume
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2008 |
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It is common knowledge that the world's oceans and atmosphere are warming as humans release more and more carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. However, fewer people realize that the chemistry of the oceans is also ...
DEIMOS joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor
Mar 19, 2009 |
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The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS. This DEIMOS, however, is an underwater acoustic package designed to ...
New robot travels across the seafloor to monitor the impact of climate change on deep-sea ecosystems
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Like the robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which wheeled tirelessly across the dusty surface of Mars, a new robot spent most of July traveling across the muddy ocean bottom, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) ...
NASA Conducts Airborne Science Aboard Zeppelin Airship
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA launched its first airborne science mission this week featuring a 246-foot-long Zeppelin NT airship equipped with two imaging instruments to learn more about environmental conditions in the San Francisco ...
A unique marine symbiosis is studied
Sep 23, 2005 |
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A symbiosis of bacteria and a marine worm found by Monterey Bay, Calif., researchers is believed the only one solely using marine mammals for nutrition.
Study: Icebergs create ocean 'hot spots'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2007 |
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A U.S. study suggests Antarctic icebergs created by global climate change are having a major ecological impact.
Seamounts may serve as refuges for deep-sea animals that struggle to survive elsewhere
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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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. It has generally been ...
New deep-sea observatory goes live
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Off the coast of Central California, in the inky darkness of the deep sea, a bright orange metal pyramid about the size of two compact cars sits quietly on the seafloor. Nestled within the metal pyramid is ...
Thirty-Two Mile Cable Installed for First Deep-Sea Observatory
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 04, 2007 |
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Oceanographers have completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea observatory off the continental United States. Workers in the multi-institution effort laid 32 miles (52 kilometers) of cable ...
Researchers study ocean plant cell adaptation in climate change
Apr 15, 2009 |
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How will plant cells that live in the oceans and serve as the basic food supply for many of the world's sea creatures react to climate change?
