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Dr. Dave Ebert and students of the Pacific Shark Research Center have been featured on the popular science blog, Southern Fried Science, for their crowdfunding efforts to name a new species of ghost shark.

The Southern Fried Science blog can be found at the following link: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/help-crowdfund-shark-research-jaws-lost-sharks-and-the-legacy-of-peter-benchley/ 

To learn more about the project and donate, please visit the following link: https://experiment.com/projects/looking-for-lost-sharks-an-exploration-of-discovery-through-the-western-indian-ocean

Check out the article posted in The American Scholar titled "A Cold Look: Diving deep into Antarctic ecosystems" that highlights the cooperation between the MLML Benthic Lab and MBARI engineers to utilize the SeeStar camera system in Antarctica.

Follow this link to read the article: https://theamericanscholar.org/a-cold-look/#.V1mT2eRQf9p

The view from 600 feet down in the McMurdo Sound (National Science Foundation).

This phenomenon has not been previously documented, but may become more common in the future with continuing climate change.  

Follow this link for the full paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/unusual-coastal-flood-impacts-in-salmon-valley-mcmurdo-sound-antarctica/C8C5D3685F85F2C0116C6C366FE61B06

About two dozen orcas have been spotted hunting in Monterey Bay since early April. Dr. Jim Harvey comments on the recent orca sightings and their hunting strategies.

Follow this link to learn more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/20160419/high-number-of-killer-whales-spotted-in-monterey-bay

An orca breaches in Monterey Bay on Thursday. Photo by: Michael Sack, Sanctuary Cruises 

Peripheral vent communities in the Western Pacific are poorly known, and currently under threat from deep sea mining. We found abundant carnivorous suspension feeders, with distinctive spatial distributions of endemic species. Graduate student Kenji Soto is investigating the causes for this pattern in his thesis research.

Follow this link for the full paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maec.12313/full

Dr. Jim Harvey gives insight into orcas hunting gray whale calves in Monterey Bay. The article is featured in the Santa Cruz Sentinel at the link below.

Follow this link to learn more: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/NE/20160319/NEWS/160319620#.VvAgM-pdPeo.email

A family of orcas, including a calf, surfaces together after harassing a humpback whale in Monterey Bay. Photo by: Bethany Augliere

MLML's Dr. Ivano Aiello is invited to speak at San Jose State University for their 2016 University Scholar Series. Dr. Aiello will speak about microfossil-rich marine sediments and its relationship to past climate conditions at 12:00pm on March 23 in MLK room 225/229 on the SJSU campus. An article about Dr. Aiello is featured on the SJSU's Academic Spotlight web page here. The University Scholars Series is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the University Library and the Spartan Bookstore.