Microbe Monday: The Hottest Life on Earth!
It’s Microbe Monday! Life doesn’t get much hotter than this! Today we’re looking at the current world champion hyperthermophile: Methanopyrus kandleri….
POUNAMU
(This story is told by Dr. Dan Hikuroa, Senior Lecturer in Maori Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand.) …
Impressions from the microscopic worlds of Brothers Volcano
Many of the scientists aboard Expedition 376 have been looking at tiny features in extremely thin slices of rock. They’ve…
I Spy a Hole in the Ship!
There’s only one week before Expedition 376 ends, and I finally saw it! I was FINALLY on shift when the…
Sensei Microbe
It’s Microbe Monday! Today we’re looking at a bacterium that may well be surviving and thriving in the depths around…
Waste Not, Want Not
Being an environmental science teacher, I of course wondered about what happened to all the garbage produced on board the…
Science Spotlight: Thermal Conductivity
One of the physical properties tests that’s done on core samples (from the working half) from Brothers volcano is thermal conductivity….
Microbe Monday: Hot threads of the Deep
It’s Microbe Monday! Today we’re taking a deep-dive into the life of this unique microbe: Caldithrix abyssi. This little fella…
Casting into the Blue Podcast Series and Listening Guide
Casting into the Blue is a podcast series about the interesting jobs and people who are on board the JOIDES…
June 15: Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA)
Reddit Ask Me Anything session Friday, June 15 at 2pm EDT! Right now, we are towards the end of Expedition…