Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, Oceanography, Wind
Federal environmental and energy officials moved Wednesday to quell a growing controversy over whether work done by the offshore wind power industry is killing whales in the northeastern U.S., saying there is no evidence this is happening. In a hastily...
Dec 1, 2022 | Climate, Oceanography, Technology
Throughout history, we have relied on our oceans for food, jobs, recreation, and even the air we breathe. But this relationship has been one-sided for centuries, as we have taken resources from our oceans with no regard for their natural limits Blue Tech is the...
Sep 1, 2022 | Oceanography, Technology
In 2019, a cigar-shaped object known as ‘Oumuamua was spotted zipping through the inner solar system and, peculiarly, speeding up while making its exit, seemingly in defiance of the physics of a quotidian asteroid. There are plenty of mundane hypotheses...
Aug 24, 2022 | Climate, Oceanography, Weather
With life-threatening heat waves experienced around the globe and the hurricane season upon the US, access to ocean data has never been more critical. The ocean environment is a key driver of weather patterns on land. Unless we understand our oceans, the insights we...
Aug 4, 2022 | Oceanography, Robots
MBARI’s remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have helped shed new light on the mysteries of the deep. We have logged over 6,100 deep-sea dives, yet every time our vehicles descend into the depths, we manage to learn something new. From time to time, we come across...
Jul 28, 2022 | Featured, Oceanography, Robots
Robots have discovered 39 potential new species at the bottom of the ocean. Researchers at the Natural History Museum said the undescribed organisms represent a fraction of the undiscovered species from the deep sea, which scientists are working to understand. A...
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