A Chat with Mo
Each night, around about 2 AM, I look forward to my jaunt with co-Chief Scientist Maureen Raymo into the frigid…
Not Just a Pebble in Mud
A pebble sits in greenish-greyish mud. It’s an unassuming pebble, small, jagged, not much to look at, but it has…
Collaboration from Pole to Pole
One of my favorite activities aboard the JOIDES Resolution is wandering about the core lab, learning from the scientists at…
Remarkable Shades of Grey
It’s just after midnight, and I have raced upstairs to check in with the science team. What has happened while…
Expedition Iceberg Alley
Expedition 382 is underway, and we’ll be heading to a part of the Antarctic called “Iceberg Alley.” Where is Iceberg…
Expedition 379 Trailer
A team of 116 ship crew, scientists, technicians, and communicators takes to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica’s fastest-warming sea, aboard the…
Oman Drilling Project: Ancient seabed holds secrets in search for life on other planets
The Oman Drilling Project is a collaborative multinational investigation of the Samail Ophiolite, the world’s largest, best-exposed, and most-studied subaerial…
Microbe Monday: Archaeoglobus sulfaticallidus
It’s Microbe Monday! On Expedition 376, we are hoping to find microbes living in one of the most extreme environments…
Brothers, Boats and Balrogs
Nō te waka rangahau e tere ai i runga i te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa ki ngā whenua o te ao, tēnā koutou…
Exp 375 – Seafloor Observatories: Lifetime Beyond the Drilling
And we’re done! This expedition was a great success, we fulfilled all our objectives and then some. Watch co-chiefs…