Having an extra day for exploration at sea is a rare event; however, the weather was perfect, the equipment worked flawlessly, and a team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) finished their research at a lost shipping container a day earlier than expected.
"Growing up in Santa Cruz before social media, the ocean was my playground we surfed, marveled at the critters in tidepools and learned about the cycles of life," writes Hannah Nevins in a Guest Commentary. "This place of beauty, spiritual refuge and wonder underpinned our community’s values. It was, for so many of us growing up, 'our' ocean."
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The Sentinel published two articles on March 17 that got my attention. Both were considering aspects of our local environment and climate change. Lisa Wooninck at NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary educated us about the Sur Ridge Coral Observatory, a national treasure in our own backyard. Rachel Kippen wrote about the mental health effects […]