A Physicist Falls in Love
This post was written by DaNel Hogan, Chief Learning Officer for the Waters Center for Systems Thinking and School of…
Microfossils Making Macro Impacts
The ocean is teaming with life. Most of this life is in the form of microscopic organisms floating around and…
Voices of Expedition 397: Part 2
Throughout the expedition, I have been recording short conversations with people onboard. I’ve done this in English and then, where…
All we want are some rocks
The value of rocks. A poem by Tessa Peixoto What is a rock, If not shelter from a predator, Or…
Dating Isn’t Easy, Part 1 (Video)
How do we determine how old our sediment cores are?  Find out in Dating Isn’t Easy, Part 1—Video 11…
What’s In a Name?
I cut my journalistic teeth in a newsroom lorded over by a cigar-chomping editor who breathed down reporters’ necks on…
A Foram Fairy Tale
Once upon a time, on a faraway sea, Ashley Burkett was renowned for her fondness of foraminifera. Also known as…
Digging for Diatoms
Take a deep breath. Do you know where that air came from? Yes, some of that oxygen was produced by…
Stories from the Sea
By Katie Dion & Melanie Kudra What are two educators from the Texas State Aquarium doing looking at rocks for…
Career Spotlight: Micropaleontologist Oliver M. Esper
Oliver M. Esper Interview Please describe your job duties while on the JR. What will you be doing…