Dating Fossils
This blog is not about May-December relationships. Instead, it is about an activity that can show students how the scientists…
Why a Magnetometer Can be a Hotspot Scientist’s Best Friend
Why Microbiology Rules!!!
Jason Sylvan is a microbiologist on an expedition about deep-sea volcanoes. As our last expedition was all about microbiology, you…
Why Can’t the Louisville Hotspot Walk in a Straight Line?
Drilling Seamount Cake
In our video “Coring Sea Floor Cake,” we use the example of putting a tube into a layered cake to…
Journey Not Quite to the Center of the Earth
Take a trip with me, the Blogfish, in my ship the Unobtainium Falcon to find out a little about what…
The Decline and Fall of a Volcanic Island
Someday, seventy million years from now when the cockroach people are the dominant species on the planet, they are going…
Why Physical Properties Rule!!
All the scientists on the JR are here to describe the rocks and sediments we are drilling. While most of…
Hotspot Eruption in the Classroom
One advantage teaching science has over pretty much all other subjects is the ability to bring in cool demonstrations and…
The Rise of a Volcanic Island
If you lived your life like a volcanic island, you would spend a long time growing without anyone knowing you…