What does it mean?
In school, students learn the basic facts of plate tectonics. They usually can tell you that there are something called plates…
Moment of silence to support our Japanese colleagues
Getting to know you
The beginning days of a 30-day expedition are quite an adventure. 123 people. 57 are the science and laboratory staff. 66 in ship’s…
Geological setting of Costa Rica
Costa Rica is on the Caribbean tectonic plate. To the west is the Cocos tectonic plate. The Cocos plate is moving…
How do we know?
We are at the first station and the research has begun. We are close to shore, about 10 miles from the…
Sailing to First Site
Last night the lines were tossed and JR is now on the way to our first site. Sailing in darkness,…