Every day is #WorldOceanDay at MBARI 🌏 Join us for an insider’s look at our team’s work. 

At MBARI, our “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 threaten its future. 

Our scientists, engineers, communications staff, and marine operations crew are driven by a curiosity to learn more about the ocean and a passion to protect our ocean.⁠

Ocean science is a team sport–MBARI thrives by bringing together people of different backgrounds and perspectives to tackle the problems facing the ocean. 

Today, on World Ocean Day, we honor the stunning beauty and vital importance of our oceans.

The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth.

The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen, it is home to most of earth’s biodiversity, and is the main source of protein for more than a billion people around the world. Not to mention, the ocean is key to our economy with an estimated 40 million people being employed by ocean-based industries by 2030.

Even though all its benefits, the ocean is now in need of support.