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Life at Sea vs. Life in Bremen
Today was the last day of core description for Chicxulub Impact Crater scientists who have been working at the University…
Core description on land vs. core description at sea
The Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater expedition 364 scientists are in Bremen, Germany right now. They are describing the cores they…
The Chicxulub Crater just landed on Bremen, Germany
The IODP expedition that began in April in the Gulf of Mexico is kicking off its onshore phase today in…
Chicxulub Crater cores are not what JR fans are used to
The Liftboat Myrtle not only looks a lot different than the JOIDES Resolution. The cores we are drilling on the…
The Liftboat Myrtle vs The JOIDES Resolution
The JOIDES Resolution and the Liftboat Myrtle are both being used as platforms for ocean scientific drilling, but, beyond that,…
How does ocean drilling help us learn about dinosaurs?
Six to ten-year olds probably know more about dinosaurs than every non-paleontologist adult on Earth, but they may not…
The Chicxulub Impact Crater Expedition's 5-Year Plan
Drilling into the Dinosaur Crater of Doom
This coming weekend, I will be traveling from my home in Rochester, New York to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico…