Guest Blog: Annika Greve
Did you know that Earth is the only terrestrial planet that has a very strong magnetic field? And that it…
Hikurangi on the move
HIKURANGI ON THE MOVE The Hikurangi Plateau is currently subducting beneath the east coast of the North Island. The Plateau…
Sign of the times – with quick teacher activity
Before joining the JOIDES Resolution, I had never slept on a ship before or spent longer than about 6 hours…
The JR’s indispensable underwater camera – video
The JR’s Underwater Camera – an essential part of the drilling/science operation Without an underwater camera, a driller’s job would…
Thin, but not too thin!
Thin sections show us what is hiding inside the rocks Sometimes the secrets to why a fault is moving is…
Exp 375 – snowflakes and constellations
Micro-paleontologist Claire Shepherd tells us how she approaches a slide of nannofossils.
Piecing together the puzzle of the Hikurangi subduction zone
Expedition 375 is part of a much larger research effort to piece together the story of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone….
Caught on Camera – Squid v Squid
Our underwater camera has caught rare footage of Humboldt Squid cannibalism. This filming was taken about 900m deep in the…
Guest blog: Srisharan Shreedharan
My pathway into Geology My formal undergraduate training is in geological engineering. This included learning about everything from building tunnels…
Guest blog: Ake Fagereng
I’m sailing on this expedition as a structural geologist, and as such my main interest is in how rocks deform…