The crucial role of ice shelves
What is an ice shelf? Ice shelves are floating tongues of ice that extend from grounded glaciers on land. The…
360 Video: Core on Deck
This is our first in a series of 360 videos. This video shows a core coming on deck on the…
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…
Not all ice sheets are the same!
The Antarctic ice sheet is the main polar ice cap of the Earth and covers about 98% of the continent….
Paleomagnetism for Rookies-Part one
Everybody knows that Earth has magnetic properties and has seen a compass needle moving towards the north. It’s due to…
The night has disappeared!!
I am on the midnight to noon shift so every day, I start my work at midnight. And, yeah, it’s…
What will happen to sea level when this huge iceberg melts?
……………nothing!! You can try to use a very simple analogic model to understand. Let’s take few ice cubes (they…
Episode 1: Reaching the mid-Miocene
Episode 1: Reaching the mid-Miocene Drilling at the first site is complete. Scientists looked at cores that revealed the presence of…
Ship tour with David Harwood
Diatom specialist and experienced Antarctic scientist David Harwood gives a 5min tour of the JOIDES Resolution, from the bridge to…
Fulbright student Imogen Browne
Imogen Browne is a Fulbright student from New Zealand doing her Ph.D. in marine science at the University of South…