The Last Leg, Crossing Over the Great Barrier Reef
20 individuals from around the world came together to participate in this year’s School of Rock Workshop Expedition. The intent…
May All Scientists Have Good Mothers!
I know, it may seem a bit odd to start a blog entry on an advanced oceangoing research vessel by…
Rockers rocking through the West Pacific – #thefloatingclassroom
Spectacular, sparkling sunrises and colourful, radiating sunsets, cracking thunderstorms accompanied by vibrant, fork and sheet lightning, swelling waves which abate…
CORE ON DECK!
Another day aboard the JR. For the first time I am seeing people working at sea and eating more than…
The day the dinosaurs died or at least the non-avian ones.
Good science is conservative. Good scientists, by nature, are good skeptics. Scientists can argue for decades over a working hypothesis…
Food, glorious FOOD!
A transit on a drill ship at sea is not ordinarily where you would expect to be fine dining, but…
All Stop!
Well, yes and no. Â Even when the ship is stopped, there’s still a flurry of activity. Â Today, the ship was…
Diatoms, Calcareous Nannos, and Radiolarians – Oh my!
Diatoms, Calcareous Nannos and Radiolarians, Oh my! Â And that’s not all! Â Today we learned about the types of sediments that…
Underway!
Greetings! Your humble guest blogger today is writing to you from the JOIDES Resolution from somewhere other than Subic Bay,…