Palaeontologists: Counting the Little Things
The JOIDES Resolution is like some sort of elite dream-team, brought together with a single purpose: plundering the watery grave…
Reviewed, Shiny and Chrome!
Science used to be so simple. There was a time when you could just walk down the street, look at…
Stepping-Stones to the Future
Geology gives us a way to look back in time. Right now, the JOIDES Resolution is drilling nearly a kilometer into…
There Will Be Mud
We’ve arrived at site 4, and are making great progress, recovering about 40 metres of sediment an hour! Though this…
The Other Twelve Hours
A carrier albatross arrived today, with an email for me. It read: Dear Tom, I’ve been following your blog for…
It's Humpback Day!
From site U1459C we have a core that shouldn't be
Even Empty Cores Have Silver Linings
We’ve finished drilling at site U1459A, and it was certainly a challenge. It didn’t have the chunky fragments like U1458…
Excitement in the Magnetic Field
Meet the expedition’s palaeomagnetists, Millie and Daniel. They’re looking pretty positive, but they have had a VERY slow expedition so…