Postcards from scientists – Rodrigo’s taste of Brazil
Hi everyone… I am Rodrigo do Monte Guerra, one of the paleontologist on Expedition 369. I live in a small…
Postcards from Scientists – Carmine’s rocks and the Roaring Forties
Hello curious people! My name is Carmine Wainman and I am a British Sedimentologist onboard Expedition 369 on the…
Leaders in Geoscience: “Women who rock on the JR”
Leaders in Geoscience: “Women who rock on the JR” It has been an honor working on the JR, with so…
August 18th: Leaving An Extraordinary Drill Site
A picture of the ship with the sun rising and some incredible clouds showing off the beauty and majesty of…
Pekar’s Blog August 2nd: Why did I become a scientist?
Why did I become a scientist? I guess that is a question that is asked a great deal to me….
July 26 Blog: Exploring the long lost continent of Zealandia: Background & Scientific goals for Expedition 371
IODP Expedition 371: Exploring the Tectonic and Climate History of Zealandia This expedition has an amazing task in front of…
Pekar’s July 25 Blog: The International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 371: Tasman Sea Frontier
The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 371: Tasman Sea Frontier (https://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/tasman_frontier_subduction_climate.html) will drill below the sea floor to recover…
July 24: Background on the International Ocean Discovery Program
The expedition (i.e., IODP Expedition 371) I will be on is part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). It…
A reflective prelude blog before I leave on this amazing adventure
Waiting in JFK for the flight………. The flying portion of this journey will take me half around the Earth, into…
The day the dinosaurs died or at least the non-avian ones.
Good science is conservative. Good scientists, by nature, are good skeptics. Scientists can argue for decades over a working hypothesis…