Making Choices
In scientific work, you often must make decisions with incomplete information. Expedition 401 has had two major decisions this week…
How scientists at sea weigh samples
If you want to know if you’ve gained a few pounds from eating plates of holiday food on land, all…
Core on Deck!
After a 5-day transit Expedition 401 arrived at its first drill site (ALM-03B) on Sunday evening, December 17! With the…
GETTING SALTY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Expedition 401 is headed its way to its first drilling site off the coast of Portugal. During the 5-day transit…
A Physicist Falls in Love
This post was written by DaNel Hogan, Chief Learning Officer for the Waters Center for Systems Thinking and School of…
Science-ing the Storm
This post was written by Ed Robeck, Director of Education and Outreach at the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and School…
Transit Update: Back to the Beaufort Scale
As promised, this post provides an update on the ocean conditions during our return transit. Compared to the relative calm…
Guest Blog: Georgia Grant, Sedimentologist
In Baffin Bay, off the coast of Greenland, on a research drilling vessel, the JOIDES Resolution, I found myself surrounded…
Heike Zimmermann: Expedition 400 Paleoecologist
While the JOIDES Resolution makes its way back to Reykjavík through some rocking seas, the ship’s scientists have a bit…
Bergy Bits and Growlers: Ice Navigation in the Arctic
In this blog, we speak with Victor Gronmyr, an Expedition 400 ice navigator, about the tools he uses to keep…