MBARI's new robotic sampler aims to transform monitoring of aquatic ecosystems
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Published: 29 January 2026
MBARI developed FIDO, a portable robotic DNA sampler in partnership with USGS, designed to detect invasive species, pathogens, and parasites in aquatic environments through eDNA collection.
Keywords: environmental DNA, eDNA sampling, aquatic monitoring, invasive species detection, robotic sampler, biosurveillance
WHOI discovers the oldest known whale recordings, dating to 1949
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 10 February 2026
WHOI researchers identified the earliest known preserved whale recording: a humpback whale song captured on March 7, 1949, near Bermuda, predating previously known recordings by over a decade.
Keywords: marine mammals, whale acoustics, humpback whales, bioacoustics, underwater sound, historical audio, ocean recording
NOC researchers gain insight into Greenland's changing fjords
National Oceanography Centre
Published: 20 February 2026
NOC researchers studied three Greenland fjords to assess how glacial meltwater affects dissolved organic carbon and phytoplankton, finding distinct differences between marine-terminating and land-terminating glacier fjords.
Keywords: Greenland fjords, glacial meltwater, dissolved organic carbon, phytoplankton, Arctic oceanography, biogeochemistry
