ECO Magazine

Monterey Bay Aquarium biologists completed an expedition to Guide Seamount aboard MBARI 's flagship research vessel David Packard. Led by Monterey Bay Aquarium Curator of Fishes and Invertebrates Megan Olhasso in partnership with MBARI Senior Education and Research Specialist George Matsumoto, the team deployed MBARI's remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts to explore the seamount's rocky ridges and collect animals for the Aquarium's Into the Deep/En lo Profundo exhibition.

A new international study published in Nature Climate Change has quantified how quickly the global ocean observing system can be disabled and by whom. More:

https://ecomagazine.com/news/research/new-study-shows-the-global-ocean-observing-system-is-more-fragile-than-originally-thought/

New Study Shows the Global Ocean Observing System is More Fragile Than Originally Thought - environment coastal & offshore The authors argue that sustaining GOOS as a global public good requires a fundamental shift in how nations think about ocean observing: not as a discretionary scientific expenditure, but as a critical infrastructure equivalent to satellite navigation or meteorological services.