Core Science #2 – sampling the cores
A CORE SAMPLE is a specific sample a scientist chooses to do experiments on because they are interested in its…
Core Science #1 – What is coring and what does it tell us?
What is coring exactly? What we call a ‘core’ is simply a long tube of sediment (or when it’s harder,…
Exp. 375 – First core on deck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csW9lq7veRY Geologists see sediment cores as a written history, it’s exciting and fascinating. The samples are studied for years, new…
Tracking the age of the core
Does the grey stuff in the bowl look like common mud to you? Maybe for us but definitely not for…
The timelords of Exp. 374
During Expedition 374, there are 7 micropaleontologists and 2 paleomagnetist specialists who are working together to track the age of…
Episode 1: Reaching the mid-Miocene
Episode 1: Reaching the mid-Miocene Drilling at the first site is complete. Scientists looked at cores that revealed the presence of…
Ship tour with David Harwood
Diatom specialist and experienced Antarctic scientist David Harwood gives a 5min tour of the JOIDES Resolution, from the bridge to…
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…
About foraminifera and Pokémon
*Beautiful illustration of forams made by Ernst Haeckel in 1900 You must know what Pokémons are. Your son, nephew, younger…
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…