Breaking the Sills Curse, At Last
To recapture what has happened on this eventful day: All night and day, rocky cores have been arriving. They added…
It’s a Sill!!!
Sometimes a picture says more than thousand words, as you can see in the top photo. It’s a sill!!! After…
The Challenge of Massive Sills at Site 1546
The last cores of our “cold sediment” standard site 1545 are coming up after midnight, from ca. 350 meters depth;…
Impressions from the microscopic worlds of Brothers Volcano
Many of the scientists aboard Expedition 376 have been looking at tiny features in extremely thin slices of rock. They’ve…
Science Spotlight: Thermal Conductivity
One of the physical properties tests that’s done on core samples (from the working half) from Brothers volcano is thermal conductivity….
Microbe Monday: Hot threads of the Deep
It’s Microbe Monday! Today we’re taking a deep-dive into the life of this unique microbe: Caldithrix abyssi. This little fella…
June 15: Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA)
Reddit Ask Me Anything session Friday, June 15 at 2pm EDT! Right now, we are towards the end of Expedition…
Party On, Wayne! Party On, Garth!
We have been partying here on the JR for the past two days (maybe even three, I lose track of…
A Deeper Understanding
I was lucky enough to grow up with a view of the ocean from my living room. I was lucky…
DIY Thin Sections!
Seeing Through Rock The crew aboard Expedition 376 are the first to shine a light on cores retrieved from an…