Kitemaking 101, or "How I Learned to Make a Kite out of Dum-Dum Wrappers"
I have never made a kite before. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times…
How Basalt and Gabbro are Both the Same Yet Different
As the JOIDES Resolution has continued to drill deeper into the hole beneath us, the type of rock we are…
Meet Structural Geologist Jeremy Deans
Jeremy Deans is a structural geologist who is on board the JOIDES Resolution right now as part of the Superfast…
How to Make an Ocean in Just Four-and-a-Half Months
Last time, I explained that one reason the crust we are drilling in is called “superfast” is because, at a…
How Fast is Superfast?
The seafloor we are drilling right now formed at a superfast rate, even though it would seem superslow to us….
If the Seafloor is Spreading, Then Why Doesn’t it Take Over the World?
Seafloors Surfing the Asthenosphere (or, What is Seafloor Spreading, Anyways?)
The seafloor is spreading! The seafloor is spreading! To find out what this means, read on. Let’s say you were…
Near Disaster!
Life can be dangerous for those who work on the sea- especially if you are an iPod. I narrowly escaped…