Deep-sea profile pic. 📸 This isopod, Anuropus, is often found attached to a deep-sea jellyfish, Deepstaria. But this one was found "free-swimming" in the deep midwater and collected by ROV Doc Ricketts. It is about two inches long. Photo by Steve Haddock. To learn more about the deep-sea...
Australia's Northern Territory has permanently banned seabed mining after an almost decade-long moratorium on the destructive practice runs out next month.
Did you know that thousands of shipping containers are lost at sea worldwide every year? Many of these containers eventually sink to the deep seafloor. In 2004, researchers at MBARI discovered a lost shipping container almost 1,300 meters (4,200 feet) below the surface of the Monterey Bay...
MBARI researchers use their robotic fleet to unlock the mysteries of the Arctic seafloor. 🤖 Located north of Alaska and Canada, the Beaufort Sea lies on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. In the past, sea ice covered most of the region year-round, making it difficult for researchers to map and learn...
Cuttlefish show they can be patient and ignore a snack that’s right in front of them to hold out for a more tantali… https://t.co/HMurYeVBmR
We are celebrating the amazing women in science and engineering at MBARI and the @MontereyAq who are helping us stu… https://t.co/FKntYsDsaF
MBARI's ROVs and AUVs are making incredibly detailed maps of an underwater mountain of the coast of California. Th… https://t.co/NDWnbNcswv
A half-trillion corals live in just one ocean. Does that mean they are safe? https://t.co/c5XFacmJwl @ScienceMagazine
RT @MissionBlue: Hang in there - it's almost the weekend! Photo by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Gulf of Mexico… https://t.co/S88mh6zpA6
An ode to salps. This species, Cyclosalpa bakeri, can form aggregates like this. The radial whorls can be up t… https://t.co/pKvWHnfNrW