Froukje van der Zwan – Petrologist – Expedition 368
“Why do we have volcanoes and why are things melting?” These are some of the big picture questions that keeps…
Go Fish
Fumbling around in the dark, I felt my way up to the bridge deck to collect my midnight water sample. …
Identifying sediments and microfossils
Being at sea on such a large vessel is a new experience for me, and each day has been exciting….
Diatoms, Calcareous Nannos, and Radiolarians – Oh my!
Diatoms, Calcareous Nannos and Radiolarians, Oh my! And that’s not all! Today we learned about the types of sediments that…
Underway!
Greetings! Your humble guest blogger today is writing to you from the JOIDES Resolution from somewhere other than Subic Bay,…
Let them eat cake (cores)
Although we haven’t yet left port (that’s tomorrow), School of Rock 2017 has begun! Today we dove into some hands-on…
Live science: first results of ocean drilling 362 expedition
When earthquakes happen in the ocean, they can displace huge volumes of water and cause tsunamis. This was the case…
Rui Zhang: Searching for the small-smaller-smallest
On board of the JOIDES Resolution different scientists follow different research goals. Geology (especially Ignious Petrology, Geochemistry, Geophysics and Palaeomagnetism)…
The JOIDES… a wonderful way to do "Content and Language Integrated Learning" CLIL
You can find many good definitions and explanations about CLIL ! For example on the British council website https://www.britishcouncil.org/europe/our-work-in-europe/content-and-lan…< What…
Core on Deck!
We got our first core on deck this morning at 2am ship time! It was a slurry of dark grey,…