Making microfossils massive for the masses
When I found out I’d be joining this expedition as the outreach officer, I explored the creative projects previous education and…
GUEST BLOG: Adam Woodhouse – Micro Paleontologist
My primary field of research is the mechanistic drivers of evolution and extinction within single-celled marine organisms from the Cenozoic era (the last…
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…
Fabric Fun – Making Embroidered Microfossils
Microfossils are exactly what they sound like – tiny fossils! There are several different subcategories: foraminifera, radiolaria, and nannofossils. Micropaleonologists…
About foraminifera and Pokémon
*Beautiful illustration of forams made by Ernst Haeckel in 1900 You must know what Pokémons are. Your son, nephew, younger…
Fun with Forams
Recently, one of our paleontologists Petra Dekens celebrated her birthday on the JOIDES Resolution. Fellow paleontologist Lyndsey Fox decided to…
Like the sands of time…
Dating Fossils
This blog is not about May-December relationships. Instead, it is about an activity that can show students how the scientists…
Micropaleontology research on the Joides Resolution: Discovery
This is the third and final part of Sev’s documentation of the daily process of a foram paleontologist on board the JR. …
Micropaleontology research on the Joides Resolution: Analysing
This is the second part of Sev’s documentation of the daily process of a foram paleontologist on board the JR. He specializes…