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…
In Search of Dinos
56 million years ago, Earth was a very different world. Most of Earth was covered in dense forests and all…
Stories from the Sea
By Katie Dion & Melanie Kudra What are two educators from the Texas State Aquarium doing looking at rocks for…
Ka mua, ka muri – Walking backwards into the future
Looking to the past to inform the future – historical events on the Hikurangi subduction zone New Zealand’s geological setting…
Thin, but not too thin!
Thin sections show us what is hiding inside the rocks Sometimes the secrets to why a fault is moving is…
Tracking the age of the core
Does the grey stuff in the bowl look like common mud to you? Maybe for us but definitely not for…
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…
Family portrait
We have 4 micropaleontologists on board during Expedition 362 who are working together to track the age of the core….
Journey into the past
“Back in the old days”, a term most of us now utilize to describe the first part of our JR…