A day at the office looks very different for MBARI researchers.
For us, the “office” is Monterey Bay and its deep submarine canyon. This is our window to the world ocean. Studying our blue backyard is revealing our connection to the ocean-how it sustains us, and how our actions on land may be threatening its future. Our scientists and engineers are driven by a curiosity to learn more about the ocean and a passion to protect its future. Get an insider’s look at their work with our new Meet MBARI series.
In celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re joining MBARI Scientist Colleen Durkin to learn how poop, snot, and dead plankton can curb climate change.
Colleen leads MBARI’s Carbon Flux Ecology team. The group studies how deep-sea ecosystems transform sinking particles as part of the ocean carbon cycle. The rain of organic matter from the ocean’s surface to the abyssal seafloor helps lock carbon away from the atmosphere. Using cutting-edge cameras and other innovative tools developed in partnership with MBARI’s engineers, Colleen and her team are learning more about this critical link in Earth’s carbon cycle. Learn more about their work: www.mbari.org/team/carbon-flu...
MBARI’s mission is to advance marine science and engineering to understand a changing ocean. In the months ahead, we’ll spotlight other research teams at MBARI and showcase the diverse ways we’re working to better understand the largest environment on Earth and hopefully inspire a new generation of ocean explorers to join our work in the future.
Production team: Heidi Cullen, Madeline Go, Kyra Schlining, Nancy Jacobsen Stout, Susan von Thun