Microbe Monday: Sulfolobus solfataricus
Howdy! It’s Microbe Monday! Today, we are presenting you not one, but two microbes! A sulfate-reducing Archaea and a spindle-shape virus!…
Convection Currents
Expedition 376 finds the JR at Brothers volcano, which has more hydrothermal activity than any other volcano in the Kermadec…
Haloed be thy vein
See this piece of core? Imagine you have to describe it to someone. With most listeners, you’d probably get away…
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…
Three things I learnt during my first week at sea
I am currently writing this blog post after my first week aboard the JOIDES Resolution. Before this adventure, I had…
From Kiel to the Kermadec Arc: GEOMAR Scientists aboard 376
Karen Strehlow and Philipp Brandl of GEOMAR are running a blog about their experiences and research aboard IODP Expedition 376…
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…
Hikurangi on the move
HIKURANGI ON THE MOVE The Hikurangi Plateau is currently subducting beneath the east coast of the North Island. The Plateau…
Exp 375 – snowflakes and constellations
Micro-paleontologist Claire Shepherd tells us how she approaches a slide of nannofossils.